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banks among the sycamores and elms in the spring as well as 

 in the fall, and in the latter season found it common in upland 

 as In the fall, and in the latter season found it common in upland 

 beech woods; in northern Ohio I looked for it mainly in the or- 

 chard trees. This year, on May 25, 1917, we entered a large patch 

 of woods about a half mile from the Grand Reservoir early in the 

 morning, just when the fog had barely raised above the treetops, 

 and the warblers were fairly swarming there, among them num- 

 bers of Cape May's. I counted more than fifty, but got tired count- 

 ing and then gave it up, after taking a fine pair. This fall, how- 

 ever, they were swarming in the fruit trees of the village, some- 

 thing I had never experienced in the fall migration. A 5 was taken 

 September 18, 1917, by Rev. von Rague. 



11. Dendroica castanea. 



This warbler is generally rather rare in the spring and fine old 

 birds are met with, mostly singly, in this neighborhood, but this 

 year, at the same place where we observed the Cape May's, we 

 found it very common in pairs, one of which was taken on May 25, 

 1917. It was not as common, however, as the Cape May Warblers. 



12. Vermivora rubr'icapilla. 



This species was also more common on this date. May 25, 1917, 

 than I had ever seen it before in this region. The same remark 

 also applies to the Parula Warbler, the Yellow-breasted Chat, the 

 Catbird, which has increased considerably here, the Whippoorwill 

 and the Orchard Oriole, of which latter species I found a nest with 

 young on June 29 on a cemetery two miles northeast of New 

 Bremen. 



13. Wilsonia piisiUa. 



A fine (^ of this comparatively rare warbler was taken in an ap- 

 ple tree in the village on September 18, 1917, by Rev. H. S. von 

 Rague. 



14. Oporornis formosus. 



On May 18, 1916, I ran across a fine c^ of this warbler in a woods 

 a mile out of town. Although I did not succeed in securing it, I 

 am well acquainted with this species from my former residence in 

 southern Ohio and Missouri, hence could not be mistaken in the 

 bird nor its notes. Its occurrence here I regard as purely acci- 

 dental. In the same woods I had formerly observed the Connec- 

 ticut Warbler. 



15. Antlius rnbescens. 



On January 8, 1917, I observed for a long while a flock of thirty 

 to forty of these birds in Mercer County, about six miles northwest 

 of New Bremen. It does not seem to occur in this region very often. 



W. F. Henninger. 

 New Bremen, Ohio. 



