\vari',m-;r songs. :yi 



part distinctly double syllabled. I am now speaking of the 

 commoner songs. There is such great variation that one is at 

 a loss how to make comparisons. During the few days of mi- 

 gration I have already distinguished five \ariations, wliile Mr. 

 S. E. White, in the Auk, describes seven. Rev. J. H. Langille 

 distinguished the three types for three .stages of the migration 

 northward. In the south the song is a .soft whcc-cho, ivhcc-cho, 

 wliee-cho, liiliec-cho; in the north it is chcc-to, chce-to, chec-te-ec; 

 while the breeding song is crec-e-e-e-c-c. 



To Mr. Galloway the .song .suggests a ' ' twisted cater- 

 pillar." 



Mr. White's .seven variations are well worth reproducing 

 here. 



1. Three notes, followed by one lower: ilu-'i^'cech che- 

 iveccli clie-o. 



2. Three sharp clear whistles with a strong sound, then a 

 warble of three notes, the middle the highest, the latter clear 

 cut and decisive : pra pra pra r-e-oo. 



8. Two quick sharp notes, followed by a warble of three 

 notes, the middle the highest ; the warble is .soft atid .slurred : 

 prut prut purreao. 



4. A .soft falsetto warble, different in tone froni any other 

 bird .song : purra-e-io/tu-a. 



~). Of the same falsetto tone, uttered rapidly: prut-ut-ut- 

 ut-ut. 



(*). A harsh note like, in miniature, the cr\- of a Jay: d kay 

 kav kav. 



7. A harsh k-t'-c-c-dl, the last syllable higher by a shade, 

 quick, and subordinated to the first part. The alarm is a 

 sharp zcck. 



The.se fulh' cover the five which I have heard. The first 

 is distinctly like the Yellow Warbler. 



This species sings during its stay in .spring, but I find 

 nothing to indicate that it sings on its return journey. 



The species inhabits the spruce and hemlock woods when 

 breeding, but in the migrations it is found in any woods, and 

 not .seldom in village parks. 



Eastern North America, west to the Ijase of the Rocky 

 Mountains and north to Hudson Ba^' Territory, breeding 

 mostlv north of the I'nited States. 



