1A.O KiRKWOOD, Cerulca>i Warbler in Maryland. LApril 



Aug. 15. One singing in gate woods. 



Apr. 29, 1900. One singing on bare branch of apple tree; 

 finally flies into pig woods. 



May 6. Watch one singing in pig woods and hear another at 

 same time ; later hear one in gate woods where it is also sing- 

 ing in afternoon. 



May 7. One singing at house this morning. 



May 13. Two singing at once in pig woods. See pair, male and 

 female, in gate vvoods. 



May 20. Forenoon singing in pig woods; afternoon singing in 

 gate woods. 



May 27. While watching male singing as it flies after female in 

 pig woods, hear another singing in the distance. 



June 3. Forenoon singing in pig woods; about noon singing in 

 gate woods; afternoon don't hear it at all. 



June 4. One singing in pig woods, 



June 10. Hear one singing in gate woods and in a minute 

 or two see it chasing a female Redstart round top of a low 

 oak, jerking out its song all the time. Happening to look 

 directly overhead, see nest on lowest branch of a tulip tree, 

 and going to one side see female on nest ; 3 p. m., one singing 

 in gate woods ; a little later one singing in pig woods. 



June 17. One singing in pig woods. 



June 18. One singing in pig woods. 



June 20. Two singing at once, nearly all day, in pig woods. 



July 15. Watch one singing in pig woods and hear another at 

 same time. 



Aug. 19. See two or three and hear two or three others singing 

 immature or imperfect (?) songs in pig woods. 

 I have given the above memoranda verbatim as made at the 



time and it will be noted that only twice was the species found in 



the dense woods. This does not prove that they may not have 



been there often enough, only that I did not observe them there, 



while I was almost certain to find them in either one or other of 



the two open pieces. 



In habits this bird considerably resembles the Worm-eating 



Warbler, being rather slow and sedate in its movements. It will 



also sit for long periods motionless and silent, on a dead twig 



