1904] Notes concerning New Brunswick Warblers. 101 



nests were composed of small twigs, bark, etc., and lined with 

 hairs and other fine material. Of two nests that came under the 

 notice of the writer, one was built in a small cedar, about five feet 

 up, and contained five eggs. The other was built in a spruce, thirty 

 feet up, and twelve feet out on a limb, overhanging a brook, and 

 contained six eggs, which were whitish with dark spots; the 

 ground color had a pale bluish-green tinge. The parent birds 

 showed little anxiety while observers were near the nest, in ta.t 

 one male continued his singing in nearby tree tops. The female of 

 this pair had very little of the bay colour showing in her plumage. 



Black-poll Warbler, Dendroica striata. 



A rare species here; has been observed at St. John and near 

 Fredericton during the spring migration. 



Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica blackburnice. 



This beautiful bird is a tolerably common summer resident, 

 and is a bird of the woods, seeming to be partial to tracts where 

 hemlocks grow. On one occasion the writer observed a female 

 feeding young which were able to fly well, the time of year being 

 June 27th. The song of the male sounds like the syllables wesee- 

 wesee-tse-tse-tse. But the song varies with different individuals. 



Black-throated Green Warbler, Dendroica virens. 



This is a fairly common warbler of the woods from the first 

 day of May until September. The male is a very ambitious singer, 

 and from its arrival until July 15 it occupies much time by pour- 

 ing forth its attractive song which, anglicized, sounds like zye-zee- 

 zye-zee-zee. Although this bird is fairly common, I have learned 

 but little of its nesting habits while with us. 



Yellow Palm Warbler, Dendroica pabnanim hvpochrysea. 



This species is a spring migrant at Fredericton and near St. 

 John. 



Ovenbird, Seiiirus aurocapillus. 



A common bird of the woodland, where one may know of its 

 presence by hearing the melodious, attractive, and seemingly ventri, 

 loquous song of the male which rings through woods and groves 

 sounding like p-chup p-chup p-chup p-chup often extended to eight 



