WARBLERS 501 



and southwestern United States (local race there) ; including local subspecies 

 and varieties the species breeds northward to 70° latitude ; winter range 

 Central America, United States of Colombia, Peru and Mexico. 



County Records. — Androscoggin; common summer resident, (Johnson). 

 Aroostook ; summer resident, (Knight). Cumberland ; common summer resi- 

 dent, (Mead). Franklin; common summer resident, (Swain^. Hancock; 

 common summer resident, (Knight). Kennebec; abundant summer resi- 

 dent, (Gardiner Branch). Knox; summer, (Rackliff). Oxford; abundant at 

 Norway, (Verrill, L. B. N. P. E. I. 3, p. 136 et seq.). Penobscot; very com- 

 mon summer resident, (Knight). Piscataquis; rare summer resident, (Ho- 

 mer). Sagadahoc; common summer resident, (Spinney). Somerset ; summer 

 resident, (Morrell). Waldo; common summer resident, (Knight). Washing- 

 ton ; abundant summer resident, (Boardman). York ; quite common summer 

 resident, (Adams). 



The species in question is perhaps one of our commonest 

 summer birds, being very generally distributed and common 

 throughout the State though always lacking in the deep ever- 

 green woods, and hence not found in many sections. Neither 

 is it characteristic of any particular faunal area, being found 

 nearly throughout temperate North America. In southern 

 Maine the date of arrival in the spring is somewhere about 

 May 11, sometimes even as early as May 5, while in the northern 

 part of the State it may not arrive until May 18. The fall 

 departure begins in late July and by the last of August the 

 majority have departed, though exceptionally the species has 

 remained near Bangor until September 10. 



It is in full song soon after its arrival and the cheery "we- 

 che, che, che, che, cheery wee" or sometimes "weeche, weche, we- 

 che-we-we," may be heard frequently in the low shrubbery of 

 garden and orchard. Another song is "sweet sweet sweet sweet 

 sweeter sweeter." This song always brings to my memory 

 the alder fringed brooks where I coaxed the gamey trout from 

 his eddying pool, and it is only a question of time until the 

 trout fever arises to such a pitch as to require appropriate 

 treatment. These little Warblers prefer to frequent gardens 

 and orchards in settled localities, returning season after season 

 to the same places, while they also may be commonly found 

 among the alders of brook and riversides. The male sings 



