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that I had disccvered the nesting place of the Prairie Warbler iri 

 Ohio. 



But not content without further facts, on July 6 Mrs. Hender- 

 son, Ted and I started for the hills of Ross County, a distance of 

 some forty miles of very hilly roads. We arrived about noon 

 at this farm, and after climbing the high hill or near mountain, 

 and reaching the far sid.e of the hill we v/ere almost exhausted, 

 for it was excessively hot. The hillside was steep, facing the 

 direct rays of the sun and the undergi'owth was not large enough 

 to provide shade so we had to grin and bear it as long as we 

 could. Reaching the vicinity of the former visit, we heard the 

 song and soon located a male Prairie. At this place the timber 

 and undergrowth was too thick to follow so we went farther, 

 hearing the song frequently. 



On a large hillside, which had been cleared of timber several 

 years before and allowed to grow up again in blackberry bushes 

 and undergrowth of from three to ten feet high, was an excellent 

 place for nesting and they evidently like a warm place. It was 

 here that we heard them most. Hearing one near us we located 

 him in a bush fifteen feet away about two feet from the ground 

 with a worm in his mouth. We were so delighted, for certainly 

 we were going to find a nest with young. He sang with the v/orm 

 in his mouth just the same. He disappeared in a clump of bushes 

 near by and in a tew seconds came out without the worm and flew 

 away. As we approached the bush we saw another Warbler not 

 so highly colored as the male, that flew away in the direction of 

 the male, and we felt sure from the color and the mode of 

 flight and actions it must be a nearly full fledged young. We were 

 unable to find any trace of a nest so we concluded that the male 

 was feeding this youngster. 



As we had spent so much time on this hillside in the boiling 

 hot sun, without water, we felt we could stand it no longer and 

 left, without actually seeing the nest, but certainly convinced 

 we had definitely located the nesting place of the Prairie Warbler 

 in Ohio. We now have no doubt that the first one we had seen at 

 Sulphur Lick Springs two years before was a summer resident. 



Again on May 30, 1920, we were at Fort Hill, Highland County, 

 this State, probably ten miles from the places mentioned above 

 but in the same range of hills. We were on the lookout for 

 strangers in our local ornithology. We had earlier heard notes 

 in this section that had puzzled us but failed to locate the 

 author on this trip. We made the second trip on June 13. While 

 hunting on a hillside near the fort we heard a Prairie singing. 

 We wenr in the direction of the song and soon foimd ourselves 

 in the midst of dozens of them, singing everywhere, males and 

 females. Evidently they were not nesting yet as we could not 

 locate a single nest, but there they were, perfectly at home in 



