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Minnesota, Michigan, central Ontario, New York and Pennsylvania and 

 the higher portions of Massachusetts; in the mountains to West Virginia. 

 Winters from Nicaragua to Colombia and Ecuador. The New York 

 range is shown by the map on page 28 of volume 1. It is fairly common as 

 a summer resident in the Catskill and Adirondack districts as well as in 

 the highlands and colder swamps of central and western New York. Unmis- 

 takable evidence of its nesting has been reported at Green Island, Albany 

 county, by Austin F. Park; Peterboro and Stockbridge by Maxon and 

 Miller; Buffalo by James Savage; Niagara county by J. L. Davison; 

 Orleans county by C. F. Possun; Phelps by Bowdish; northern Cayuga 

 county by Frank S. Wright; Cincinnatus by H. C. Higgins; Ithaca by 

 Reed, Wright and Allen; Scottsville by E. H. Short; the "big gully" 

 near Chautauqua lake by H. L. Achilles. I have noticed it breeding in 

 several of the glens of Canandaigua and Seneca lakes as well as in Potter 

 swamp and in the cooler hillsides overlooking the village of Springville, 

 Erie county. 



Haunts and habits. In these localities the nest is usually placed 

 among tangles of briers and ferns on the shady side of the gully or among 

 second growth in partially cleared woodlands. The eggs are usually 

 4 in number, white in ground color, rather sparingly spotted and blotched 

 with reddish brown, hazel, light umber and occasionally a few obscure 

 shell markings, averaging .72 by .56 inches in size. The nesting dates 

 reported vary from June 1 to 17, the average date being June 7. 



Mr Gerald Thayer writes: ' The song, which is not very commonly 

 uttered during migration, resembles that of the Kentucky warbler and the 

 Maryland yellow-throat in that it consists throughout of a repetition of 

 two or three clear, whistled notes and also resembles that of the former 

 bird somewhat in the modulation of the voice. The song is decidedly 

 softer and more hesitating than that of the Yellow-throat and has no great 

 carrying power. The call note resembles somewhat the ' chack ' of the 

 Yellow-throat, but is less pronounced." To my ear, the carrying power 

 of this warbler's song is fully as great as that of the Yellow-throat. On 



