152 THE WILSON BULLETIN— September, 1921 



Sparrow Hawk, American Barn Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred 

 Owl?, *Screech Owl, Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Belted Kingfisher, Hairy 

 Woodpecker, ^Southern Downy Woodpecker, *Pileated Woodpecker 

 (six nests have been located this season; two sets of eggs have been 

 taken, one clutch of four and one of five), *Red-bellied Woodpecker, 

 *Red-headed Woodpecker, ^Northern Flicker, Chuck-will's-widow, 

 *Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Kingbird, Crested 

 Flycatcher, Phoebe, Wood Pewee, *Blue Jay, ^''American Crow. 

 *Cowbird, Red-winged Blackbird, *Bronzed Grackle, * Southern 

 Meadowlark. Baltimore Oriole, ^Orchard Oriole, Grasshopper Spar- 

 row, *Field Sparrow. *Lark Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, *Cardinal, 

 Blue Grossbeak, *Indigo Bunting, *Summer Tanager, *Purple Mar- 

 tin, Rough-winged Swallow, Migrant Shrike, White-eyed Vireo, 

 Prothonotary Warbler, Maryland Yellow-throat, *Yellow-breasted 

 Chat, Oven bird?, ^Mockingbird, *Catbird, *Brown Thrasher, *Be- 

 wick Wren, *Tufted Titmouse, ^Chickadee, *Wood Thrush, *South- 

 ern Robin, *Bluebird. 



H. E. Wheeler. 

 Conway, Ark. 



THE PRAIRIE WARBLER 



In ten or twelve years of bird study it had never been my 

 privilege to see a Prairie Warbler. On August 13, 1917, while spend- 

 ing the day at Sulphur Lick Springs, Ross County. Ohio, a friend 

 and I were looking for birds as usual, when we suddenly came 

 upon what v/e recognized at first glance to be a male Prairie 

 Warbler. He was not shy and tve succeeded in getting near 

 enough to see that be did not have the salmon patch on the back, 

 but upon looking it up found that Prairies do not always show 

 that color in the early fall. As "Birds of Ohio" by Dawson says 

 "not known to breed in Ohio" and also an early fall migrant, we 

 were not sure but it might be a migrant at this date. 



On June 11, 1919, two other men and I were walking over the 

 hills of Ross county, Ohio, near Bainbridge, probably then ten 

 miles from Sulphur Lick Springs where we had previously seen 

 the Prairie Warbler, when I heard a new song which I knew at 

 once to be the song of a Warbler, but a new one to m.e. It 

 sounded but a short distance away and I excused myself and 

 started in the direction of the song. To my delight it flew 

 toward me and alighted in a bush not more than tAventy feet 

 away. Behold! a male Prairie Warbler in all his beauty, threw 

 back his head and sang! A song reminding me very much of 

 the Blue-wing a little more musical and having more volume. 

 In walking probably a mile on that hillside, I heard the song of as 

 many as ten or twelve. 



There being so many in one place and at that date, I knew 



