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occurrence seem to be few. It seems to be transient in the southern 

 counties of our State, and a rare summer resident in the counties of 

 the Canadian farms. Boardman gives it in his Hst of "Birds of the 

 St. Croix Valley" as "very rare." Is reported "conunon" at Fort 

 Fairfield (Aroostook Co.) (Batcheller Bull. Nutt. Orn. CI., Vol. 7. 

 p. no), and is reported as occurring at Upton by Mr. Wm. Brewster. 

 I find no mention of it in the late Clarence H. Morrell's notes at 

 Pittsfield. 



It seems to somewhat resemble its near relative, Geothlypis 

 trichas brachidadyla (Swains.), in its choice of feeding grounds and 

 its choice of location for its summer home. It is one of the late 

 arrivals in the State, in fact, one of the latest of this family to arrive, 

 reaching the interior at about the time the Blackpolls arrive. Soon 

 after arrival it may be observed, but a pair in a place, feeding about 

 the dense underbrush on the margin of some low-land woods or sec- 

 ond growth swamp, or on some side hill, covered with brush, near a 

 deep- wooded ravine, and soon after its arrival it begins its nest 

 building. The Migration Report for 1902 shows it was first observed 

 near Waterville on May 24th, and at Avon (Franklin Co.) on May 

 24th (Journal Me. Orn. Soc, Vol. VI., No. 3, p. 80). I find 

 no records of its nest being found in the State. 



Mr. Fred B. Spaulding, of Lancaster, N. H., has found it 

 breeding near his home. He writes me as follows: "It was not 

 until June 8, 1901, that I found a nest of the Mourning Warbler. 

 On that date, in company with my old friend, Judge Clark, of Say- 

 brook,' Ct., we were searching a hillside, near a small trickling 

 stream, when I discovered a nest, new to us both, containing five 

 fresh eggs. The nest was supported by some leaning raspberry 

 bushes, sixteen inches from the ground. No bird was on the nest 

 when I discovered it, l)ut on our retiring a short distance she re- 

 turned. At our approach she slipped from the nest and ran off 

 through the vines and bushes like a mouse, repeating this act as 

 often as we gave her the opportunity. After trying in vain to get a 

 good look at the bird through a glass, and being unable to identify 

 it, I collected the bird and found it to be a female Mourning War- 



