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each two, followed by a trilled syllable of about double the 

 length of the first part. There is thus a marked resemblance 

 to Parula's song. The syllables fse, tse, tse, tse, te-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, 

 serve to recall it to mind. The song rolls up the scale quietly 

 and evenly. The effect is less delicate than Parula's song, yet 

 not more wiry. A larger song from a larger bird. 



My notes indicate that this warbler sings from his arrival 

 in the first week in May until the third week in May, and- 

 again during the last of June and first week of July. I have 

 never heard it sing during the fall migrations and find no 

 record of a song period then. 



This is a bird of the interior of the United States between 

 the Alleghanies and the Plains and north to Ontario. 



SONGS OF STRIKING CHARACTER. 



Under this heading are grouped those species in who.se 

 .songs there is not only distinct individuality to .so great a de- 

 gree that resemblance to any other species is too faint to be 

 considered, but in which there is a decidedly striking effect. 

 It does not follow that the songs are loud, nor that they are 

 always sharp and clear, but .simply that they arrest the atten- 

 tion by reason of their individualit3^ Here, again, we are 

 unable to arrange the group logically, so that we must fall 

 back upon the s^'stematic arrangement. First in order and 

 probably also first in prominence is 



Protonotary Warbler. Prothonotaria citrca. ()i)7. 



It is sufficient to say that Prothonotaria rings out a pect, 

 tsweet, tszveet, tsiccct, fszcecf, tszvcet, which sounds like the Soli- 

 tary Sandpiper in the distance. One could hardly mi.stake it. 

 It is high pitched, penetrating and startling. Mr. Nehrling 

 calls him a fitful singer, but heard at all times of day and in 

 all weathers. Mr. Nehrling akso reports a passion .song which 

 is like the Oven-bird's passion song, reserved for select occa- 

 sions only. 



This is a water-loving .species, frequenting low trees and 

 bushes which hang over the water or w'hich grow in swamps- 

 places. But there are many instances of more upland occur- 

 rence during the breeding sea.son. In some regions at least. 



