158 THE SYCAMORE WARBLER. 
This is the first of the family to arrive in spring. It is always to be seen 
before the Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers make their appearance, some- 
times before the last snow and ice. I have seen them in considerable num- 
bers on the 13th of April, and have known of its occurrence as early as April 
oth. When on their migrations they confine themselves almost exclusively 
to the trees which skirt the streams, and move northward by day with con- 
siderable rapidity. During the whole day their characteristic song, fszvec-a 
tswee-a, tswee-a, tswee, tswee, tswee, tu-wee, may be heard, sometimes at a 
distance of a quarter of a 
yy = SS mile, as the birds feed in the 
‘ sycamore and elm trees. * 
** They are seldom seen 
in woodland, though they 
not infrequently visit the 
shade trees and gardens of 
the city. They are much 
more abundant during the 
spring migrations than at 
any other time. In this lo- 
cality it is not uncommon to 
see a dozen in a morning’s 
walk, about one-third of 
which may be captured.” 
In marked contrast with 
the preceding is the fact that 
there are no records of the 
bird’s appearance in the re- 
cent annals of the Wheaton 
Club of this city. I have 
met with only one specimen 
Photo by 1” the state, a singing male, 
F.C. Price. in a secluded hollow nea 
Cincinnati, where it is still 
Taken mm 
Franklin 
County. 
AN IDEAL SPOT FOR SYCAMORE WARBLERS. regarded as not uncommon 
The bird was seen on April 
25th, 1903, before the foliage was fully out, and during the three hours it 
was under examination it divided its time about evenly between a single 
ash tree on the brink of the glen and the central sycamores shown in the illus- 
tration. The bird seemed to be gleaning insects from the swelling buds of 
the ash, but he paused frequently to throw his head up and sin The song 
was rather deliberate, high-pitched, emphatic, of a singular] 
quality, and unvaried in character, tstwee, tswee, tswee, tswee, the last note 
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