WARBLER SONGvS. -_><) 



2veo-tsip, tsip, chc-wc-eo. While Mr. Chapman makes the bird 

 say, "You must come to the woods or you won't see me." 

 Rev. J. H. Langille recognizes a day song, che-ree-cherec, chi- 

 di-ee ; and a twiHght song, whe-j'ee-zi'hce-rce-eeh. The first 

 three sj'llables of the day song are loud and bell-like, the next 

 two uttered rapidly, the last with falling inflection. 



According to Mr. Bicknell, the fir.st song period closes late 

 in June or rarely as late as early in July, the second during the 

 fourth week in August. He recognizes the two sorts of song 

 which seem to be of the nature of individual variation rather 

 than two distinct sorts. 



Eastern North America, w^est to the Plains, north and east 

 to southern Michigan, southern Ontario, western and .south- 

 eastern New York, and southern New England. Breeds from 

 the Gulf of Mexico northward. 



SONGS RESEMBLING THAT OF CHIPPING SPAR- 

 ROW (AND JUNCO). 



The common character of this group is the trilling. Some 

 of the songs are decidedly shrill and almost wir\-, but 

 lack the distinctive characters of the first group. Some are 

 fairly round and full, but could not properly be designated 

 whistles. Some are somewhat striking in character, but all 

 are distinctly trilled. It must not be understood that the .songs 

 necessarily bear a clo.se reseniblance to the monotonous trill of 

 the Chipping Sparrow becau.se that species has been u.sed as a 

 comparison, but .simph' that the sparrow is the bird most likely 

 to be most generally known. The order adopted in this group 

 will be from the closer to the less close resemblance to the .song 

 of Chipping Sparrow, which is a trill or twitter of succe.s.sive 

 chipping .syllables, monotonous, high pitched and weak in 

 utterance. 



"Worm-eating" "Warbler. Heliminthcrus vermivonis. '):^,i). 



Song of the Chippy quality, but weaker, and bearing some 

 resemblance to that of Junco. Mr. Burns describes a song that 

 resembles that of Goldfinch : chat-ah-chc-chc chee-ckee-chee, 

 which seems to correspond well with a pa.ssion song in the 

 manner of utterance. 



