The Kp:ntucky Warbler 125 



My first experience with the species was on May 5, 1907, 

 which was during tlie early years of my bird study career. 

 But l)efore going- on I wish to relate a rather funny incident 

 with that first observation. It was on a lovely Sundaj^ after- 

 noon and T had gone to the woods — just for a walk and with- 

 out my opera glasses — not expecting to find anything rare. 

 I found the bird nnder the thick cover of brush in a low, wet 

 spot in the woods. Across my path lay a large, partly 

 decayed hickory log with a few short stubs of limbs still upon 

 it. The bird was feeding about the earth-bank that still hid 

 the bnried roots, and in order to get a better view of it I 

 stepped upon the log and then leaned rather heavily with 

 my left hand upon one of the decayed limbs. Well, suddenly, 

 and without warning, the limb gave way and I found myself 

 astride the log, looking m the opposite direction from where 

 the bird was feeding. As might be expected, the bird flew 

 away and I failed to find him again. 



It Avas in the height of the migration season of 1912 that 

 I again saAv him ; this time in woodland nearer the city, I 

 listed him several times during the "season," after which I 

 did not visit the woods until fall. I had the same experience 

 with him during the "season" of 1913, and while I suspected 

 a breeding pair, I never found more than one bird — the 

 male for he was in song. 



During the 1914 "season" I had a collaborator, Mr. J. F. 

 ]Machwart, of the high school faculty, whose great desire was 

 to ""list" a Kentucky Warbler, and very fortunately he found 

 it on a rainy morning when I was not wdth him. I listed 

 the bird the next morning and about every other morning 

 during the "season." It was some time after the migration 

 season that Mr. Maciiwart reported that he had seen a Ken- 

 tucky Warbler with nesting material in her beak and that she 

 was very much concerned about his presence. 



On the afternoon of June 13th I was "hunting" with a 

 caiuei-a. and while waiting for a Red-eyed Yireo to return to 

 her nest a pair of Kentucky Warblers were greatly excited. 

 This was the first time that I had ever seen a pair. 



After she had disappeared in a brush pile she went to the 



