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borders of dense woods, but when singing prefers the to])s of 

 the taller trees. 



Eastern United States, north to southern New England, 

 southwestern Ontario, and southern Minnesota, breeding onlv 

 in the northern parts of its range. 



Tennessee Warbler. Hdminthophila pcnorhia. (547. 



The .song would be scarcelj^ distinguishable from that of 

 Chippy but for the first two syllables. They are not the ordi- 

 nary "chip," but more like "twip." There is also a ten- 

 dency to acceleration and increase in volume as the song 

 proceeds, in this also being unlike Chippy. 



It arrives during the first week in May and tarries well into 

 the third week, singing during its stay. There is no second 

 song period on its return, about the middle of September. 



My experience indicates that this. Warbler is far more com- 

 mon in orchards than anywhere else, particularly orchards in 

 the middle of village blocks. Comparatively few are met with 

 in woods. Others, however, in other places, find him com- 

 monly in the woods with other Warblers. 



Eastern North America, north to Hudson Bay Territory, 

 breeding in the northern parts of New York and New England 

 northward. 



Hermit Warbler. Dendroka occidentalis. <)(;•.). 



The song is a penetrating tw'itter, harsher and more run 

 together than that of Chippy. Mr. Chester Barlow describes 

 the song thus : tsit tsit tsit tsit dice dice dice, the first four sy\- 

 lables gradual and of uniform speed, ending quickly with 

 dice dice dice. 



There is no mention of the length of the song period, nor 

 of a second one. 



This species ranges from the Rocky Mountains to the 

 Pacific coast and from Washington southward. 



Pine Warbler. Dendroka vioorsii. f'lTl. 



Mr. Chapman says of the song of this Warbler, that the 

 southern ones sing like Field Sparrow, but the northern 

 ones like Chippy. I have heard but one sing, and his song 



