Birds of Lewist on- Auburn 35 



43. (636) BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER 



A common summer resident arriving the last of April. 

 Its song reminds me of the "filing tone" of a saw. I 

 have seen one as late as September 16 and it has been 

 reported the last of September. 



FAMILY VIREOS 



44. (629) BLUE-HEADED VIREO; SOLITARY VIREO 



OR GREENLET 



A migrant ; not very common. It has been known to 

 nest in this neighborhood. It is the first vireo to arrive 

 during the vernal migration, the earliest date I have being 

 May 6. The song has some quality of the Red-eye but is 

 more varied and musical. I hear this vireo in nesting time 

 at South Turner. In the autumn I have seen it migrating 

 from the middle of September to October 7. 



45. (628) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO OR GREENLET 



A somewhat common summer resident. Arrives early 

 in May (my earliest date May 9). 



Sometimes its harsh note is heard in the shade trees 

 along the street as well as in the open wood. Coues 

 says *'The hanging basket in which the Greenlet cradles 

 its hopes is one of the most beautiful of the pensile 

 structures which birds of this family fabricate, being ele- 

 gantly stuccoed with lichens, like a Humming-bird's." It 

 has a beautiful fringe of birch bark. I have heard the 

 song as late as September 12 and the latest I have seen the 

 bird is September 14. 



46. (627) WARBLING VIREO OR GREENLET 



A rather common summer resident in the elm trees 

 along the city streets. Coues describes them as ''gentle, 

 silvery-tongued creatures." Its song is a true warble 



