BiKDS or Indiana. 1059 



have no communion with her. These associations, these discoveries, 

 that come to each one of us, are a part of life that mean nothing to 

 any one save the individual concerned. To him they are much, for 

 they are a part of his being — an experience in the unfolding of his 

 powers that has been translated into consciousness. 



They seldom reach our State before the first of May, the earliest 

 record being from Knox County, April 30, 1881. They generally pass 

 northward before the middle of May, by which time they have ap- 

 peared throughout the northern counties, where they linger occa- 

 sionally until May 20 or 25, 



First appearances, early and late seasons, are: Brookville, May 2, 

 1884; May 12, 1882; Bloomington, May 4, 1886, Carroll County, May 

 4, 1886, May 5, 1884, 1885; Terre Haute, May 10, 1890; Lafayette, 

 May 5, 1893, May 10, 1897; Petersburg, Mich., May 10, 1893, May 14, 

 1892; Chicago, 111., May 3, 1895, May 15, 1897. They do not remain 

 long, but pass rapidly through, the last remaining at Moore's Hill, 

 Greencastle and Lafayette until May 13, 1893; Carroll County, May 

 22, 1883; Chicago, 111., May 24, 1894; Petersburg, Mich.. May 18, 

 1892. 



In 1881, Mr. Ridgway found them very common for a few days in 

 Knox County. In 1871, Mr. Aiken tells me they were rather common 

 in Lake County. They were very common in Carroll County from 

 May 5 to 20, 1885 (Evermann). They seem to have been generally ob- 

 served in 1893 and were reported tolerably common that year at 

 Greencastle, Lafayette and Moore's Hill. I have never heard it sing. 

 Mr. Maynard says its song begins like that of the Blackpoll and has 

 a terminal warble similar to that of the Redstart. To Mr. Langille's 

 ear, it bears no resemblance to either, "but is a very soft warble, some- 

 what resembling the syllables tse-cHee, tse-chee, tse-chee, fse-chee, tse- 

 chee, but far too liquid to admit of exact spelling." 



In habits, the Chestnut-sided Warbler and this appear to me much 

 alike. This bird I have not found among the higher foliage of trees, 

 preferring the lower branches and exhibiting a preference for the 

 groves and more open woods rather than the denser forest. It is rather 

 sluggish in its movements, as it assists in gleaning among the leaves 

 and branches, the insect population of the trees in our pastures and 

 more open woodland. In fall, they begin to appear early in Septem- 

 ber, and, while the greater part leave that month, some occasionally 

 remain until late October. The earliest fall arrival in Lake County is 

 September 2, 1883. They were last seen there September 28, 1879, 

 October 3, 1875. Similar records show they arrived at Brookville 

 September 7, 1886, were last seen October 9, 1879; at Lafayette, ar- 



