June 
cold as to be almost inaudible, and monot- 
onous, while that of the creeper is much louder 
and more varied. 
The last migrant of the season—the bay- 
breasted warbler—is one of the few that are 
said to have the peculiarity of adopting one 
route in the spring, and another in the fall 
migrations. According to one writer, ‘‘ Avoid- 
ing the Eastern and Middle States, the majority 
pass along the borders of the Great Lakes, 
through Ohio, southern Illinois, down the 
Mississippi Valley, across into Texas, and so 
on into Mexico and Central America, where 
they winter. Returning in spring they pursue 
a more eastern route, keeping along the coast 
as far as the New England States, where they 
ascend the Connecticut Valley, generally avoid- 
ing eastern Massachusetts.’’ 
In other respects there is little to be said of 
this warbler. To be fully appreciated, it should 
have been one of the earliest instead of the latest 
to arrive, for with all its brilliant predecessors 
in mind, it can scarcely be called a handsome 
bird, with its prevailing colors of chestnut, 
black, and white; but at least it “‘ counts one’’ 
in the list, and, to tell the truth, it gives one a 
comfortable feeling to read that it is quite rare 
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