J^OWM^ 



THE OTTAWA t^ATURALlST, 



Vol. XVIII. OTTAWA, AUGUST, 1904. No. 



NOTES CONCERNING NEW BRUNSWICK WARBLERS. 



By Wm. H. Moork, Scotch Lake, N.B. 

 Black and White Warbler, Mniotilta varia. 



Common during migrations, and quite a number breed, at 

 which lime they are partial to moist woodlands having thick 

 underbrush. The spring migrants arrive during the first half of 

 May. In 1898 the first arrivals were noted May 13th. In 1902, 

 May g, the first were heard singing their soft unattractive song, 

 which is merely a few notes sounding we-see-we-see-we-see, utter- 

 ed four or five times, The birds seem too busy searching about 

 the bases of trees and stumps to pay any particular attention to a 

 .song. 



Although I have never found a nest of this species, the young 

 have been observed when apparently away from the nest only a 

 day or two. They were five in number and were being fed by 

 both parents. They were in a young scrubby second growth of 

 conifers along a steep bank of a brook. They migrate southward 

 in September, but at that period the plumage is not so plainly 

 streaked as in springtime. 



Golden- WINGED Warblers, Hebninthophila chrysoptcra. 



In June 1903 a bird of this species was observed in the vicinity 

 of Fredericton. 



Nashville Warblers, Helminthophila mficapilla 



The species arrives from the south about the same as 

 M.varia, during which period they are tolerably common. 

 It is a pretty common '^ummer resident in the central part 

 of the province, but rare in the countiies bordering the Bay of 

 Fundy. It breeds about partially cleared tracts. One nest 



