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rapt wonder at the beautiful tree with its fresh waxy green leaves and its 

 even fresher delicately beautiful flowers. I was startled and delighted by 

 the arrival in the tree of what seemed to me the most beautiful bird I had 

 ever seen. Its rich colors as it moved about among the blossom-laden 

 branches charmed me. Of course. I did not then know what it was ; I 

 knew only that it was a bird, and the prettiest I had ever seen. But the 

 vision has remained most distinct in my memory to this day, although it 

 was many years afterward before I became especially interested in birds : 

 and then, one day. while collecting, I secured an adult Blackburnian warb- 

 ler in full plumage. Then the vision came back to me and I realized that 

 this was the same bird that had so charmed me on that sweet morning 

 in early May long ago. 



In Carroll County. I collected one near Burlington, ;May 24. 1883, an- 

 other near Pittsburg. April 28, 1885, and saw another May 8. 



In Vigo County, I have noted it May 5. 1888. also May 8. May 17, 1890. 

 collected two males at the Goose Pond. 



In Monroe County, a few might be seen each spring, especially in the 

 orchards and open thickets. One collected April 27, 1886. 



195. Dendroica domintca althloua Kidgway. sycamohe warbler. (66oa) 



Spring and fall migrant ; not common : perhaps a few remain to breed. 

 Arrives as early as the middle of April. 



Carroll County: May 9. 1888, one netted: May 24. shot one on Wild Cat 

 Creek near the dam above Burlington. April 20. 1884. one or two seen on the 

 Wabash near Delphi ; April 2?>, one seen on Deer Creek west of Camden. 

 April 23. 1885, collected two on Little Deer Creek near Joseph Trent's. 



Vigo County: My only record is of a male taken and another seen at 

 Grant, April 14, 1888. 



Monroe County: Apparently a summer resident, breeding near water 

 courses, though I never actually found a nest. A .specimen collected April 

 16, 1886, on Griffy Creek. 



196. Dendroica viRENS (Gmelinl. ulack-tiiroated gkeex warbler. (667) 



One of our most abundant spring and fall migrants; arrives in spring in 

 the last days of April, and in the fall early in September. 



Carroll Comity: May 3. 1883. several seen, one collected. May 5, 1884. 

 first noted, one collected on Deer Creek below Camden. April 28, 1885. one 

 or two seen near Pittsburg ; next seen May 4. 



Viffo County: May 2, 1888. a male taken at the fair grounds, first of 

 season noted : 15th. a female taken at the Hunt farm. April 24. 1890. noted, 

 and 30tli. a male taken at Sand Hill : May 17. a female at Goose Pond. 



Monroe County: Common everywhere in thickets and low forests and un- 

 derbrush in April and May. and again in September. Collected May 4, 1886. 



197. Dendroica vigorsi (Audubon), pine w^arbler. (671) 



Spring and fall migrant : not common. My only definite record is of a 

 pair collected near Camden, April 29. 1885. I had other specimens col- 

 lected in Carroll County, also specimens collected in Vigo County, but they, 



