page [95] 17 Jun 1900 (seq. 96)

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1900
June 17
Sunday. A cloudy, cool, pleasant day.

Stony Brook Reservation.
I went out with H.A. Purdie this morning by
train to Forest Hills and electrics along Washington St.
to the Stony Brook Reservation, reaching there at
9.45. We spent two hours very pleasantly
walking about. It is a beautiful bit of country
intersected by winding woodpaths. Woods cover
the greater part of the territory, and the hills
afford charming views. Turtle Pond, the modern
name for the old Muddy Pond, the source of Muddy
Brook, is prettily situated among hills and close
by the main drive-way. I saw Hottonia
inflata growing abundantly in the Brook near its
source. The strangely inflated stems remind
one forcibly of Equisetum. We climbed Perch
Rock, or "The Perch", and eminence overlooking
the pond and adjoining country. A Kingbird
was perched on the dead branch of a neighboring
tree, busily engaged in his morning repast,
and a Chestnut-sided Warbler sang near us.

Butterflies.
The pretty Little Wood-Satyr, Cissia eurytus,
was abundant where-ever we went. They love the
partial shade and flutter along the wood paths
and among the forest trees. The American
Copper was abundant and I saw one Yellow
and one Black Swallow-tail. I took a
Silver-spotted Hesprid (Epargyreus tityrus), and a
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos). I also found
Juvenalis Dusky-Wing (Thanaos juvenalis), quite
abundant. I took a few specimens.