Birds of Indiana. 1061 



Eange. — America, from Colombia over eastern United States to 

 Labrador, Alaska and Arctic coast; west to Eocky Mountains. Breeds 

 from northern New England, northward. Winters from Cuba, south- 

 ward. 



Nest, in spruce trees, from ground to 10 feet up; of grasses, roots, 

 lichens and spruce twigs, lined with grass and feathers. Eggs, 4-5, 

 rarely 3; white, sometimes with creamy, grayish, greenish or pinkish 

 tinge, marked with some shade of gray, usually olive, and usually 

 spotted and speckled with burnt umber, russet or drab, heaviest at 

 larger end; .71 by .50. 



Head of Black-poll Warbler. Natural size. 



The Blackpoll Warbler is usually the last of the tree warblers to 

 arrive, and also, at times, is among the last to depart. It is an irregu- 

 lar migrant, generally rather rare, but some years common; usually 

 most common in fall. They rarely reach our southern borders by 

 April 37 (1888), but it is usually near the 10th of May when they 

 should be expected, and at times much later than that. Whenever 

 they come they often remain until after May 20, and, in the northern 

 part of the State, occasionally until the last of the month. When 

 these birds appear, some of the earlier Warblers have passed through. 

 Their arrival is, to me, always a matter of note. I love to hail a 

 bird whose business each year carries it half around the earth. Their 

 deliberate ways are characteristic. It matters not whether it is in 

 making their long jouniey from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, to 

 build their home and rear their young, or in making a trip through 

 the boughs of a maple tree, to gather insects for the morning meal — 

 there is the same deliberation as though there was a studied effort to 

 have every motion count. They seem to me directly opposite in char- 

 acter to the Black-throated Blue Warbler, which makes many mo- 

 tions for every stroke. Early and late first arrivals are: Vincennes, 

 April 27, 1888; Bloomington, April 28, 1885; Terre Haute, May 4, 

 1887; Greensburg, May 6, 1895; Brookville, May 9, 1897. May 23, 

 1883; Lafayette, May 6, 1894, May 12, 1893; Richmond, May 19, 



