BIRDS OF THE CAMBRIDGE REGION. 327 



199. Helminthophila peregrina (Wils.). 

 Tennessee Warbler. 



Transient visitor, of irregular and uncommon occurrence in spring, exceedingly rare in 

 autumn. 



^SEASONAL OCCURRENCE. 



May 10, 1900, one seen, Arlington, Bertha T. Parker. 



May 15 — 25. 

 May 26, 1876, two males heard, Cambridge, R. Deane. 



September 10, 1880, one female 1 taken, Watertown, H. M. Spelman. 



The instances known to me of the local occtirrence of the Tennessee War- 

 bler are as follows : — 



On May 24, 1869, I shot a male and a female of this species in oak woods just to 

 the westward of Mount Auburn in East Watertown. Both birds were in the tops of 

 tall trees ; the male was singing freely. Four male Tennessee Warblers were killed in 

 apple trees in Newtonville by Mr. C. J. Maynard "between the iSth and 24th "of 

 this same month. - 



On May 21, 1874, I found a Tennessee Warbler among some gray birches in 

 Waltham, about half a mile to the westward of the Waverley Oaks. It was a male and 

 in full song. 



On May 23, 1875, I saw a male of this species in our garden in Cambridge. It 

 sang at frequent intervals. 



On May 26, 1876, Mr. Ruthven Deane heard two birds singing in the trees near 

 his father's house on Sparks Street, Cambridge. 



On September 10, 1880, Mr. H. M. Spelman took a female Tennessee Warbler 

 in East Watertown not far from the Arsenal. This bird was in a small tree by the 

 roadside and was very tame. It furnishes the only instance known to me of the local 

 occurrence of the species in autumn. 



On May 22, rSSz, two Tennessee Warblers were killed at Fresh Pond, one,' 

 a female, by Mr. H. M. Spelman, the other,* a male, by Mr. C. F. Batchelder. Both 

 birds were in willows growing on the shore of the pond near the Fresh Pond Hotel. 



On May 19, 1S92, and again on the following day, Mr. Walter Faxon saw two 

 Tennessee Warblers together (in the same place on both occasions) on the eastern 

 shore of Upper Mystic Pond. 



On May 10, 1900, a Tennessee Warbler was seen in Arlington by Miss Bertha 

 T. Parker. 



iNo. 155, collection of H. M. Spelman. 

 ^C. J. Maynard, Naturalist's Guide, 1870, 100. 

 ^ No. 154, collection of H. M. Spelman. 

 * No. 1598, collection of C. F. Batchelder. 



