A.2 Currier, Summer Birds of Leech Lake, Miiiti. y" 



and movements. We saw him several times at the edge of a woodland 

 along a brook near Walker. The last day we were there, June 7, he was 

 still in the same place, and I have no doubt had a mate and nest in the 

 vicinity. 



96. Dendroica pensylvanica. Chestnut-.sided Warbler. — Perhaps 

 the most abundant member of the family. Found in all the alder and 

 hazel thickets, and around the clearings and in the 'burns.' Very tame 

 and pretty. Many nests seen contained from three to five eggs. 



97. Dendroica striata. Black-poll Warbler. — Scarce in 1902, but 

 fairly common in 1903 throughout our stay. I have no doubt it breeds 

 there, although we saw no nests. 



98. Dendroica dominica albilora. Sycamore Warbler. — This bird 

 was first seen Maj' 2(1, 1903. Its song attracted us to the locality, and we 

 spent perhaps two hours watching him. During this time he moved 

 around slowly from one perch to another, constantly singing, often com- 

 ing down on the lower branches above us, where we could see him quite 

 well. The beautiful yellow throat, the triangular spot of black on the 

 «ide of the head and the white spot on the eyelid could plainly be seen. 

 This bird visited not over half a dozen trees while we were there, spend- 

 ing most of his time in an oak and a large white pine. June i we went 

 back to the same locality and found him there again, and he spent his 

 time in exactly the same trees. Once Mr. Smith saw him chase a bird, 

 perhaps his mate, off into the undergrowth, soon returning. We saw no 

 nest, but there must have been one at no great distance — we thought in 

 the white pine. 



99. Dendroica vigorsii. Pine Warbler. — One of the common War- 

 blers around Leech Lake. In spite of this bird's abundance but one nest 

 was seen in the two years. This was placed in the tuft at the end of a 

 branch of a Norway pine and could not be seen from the ground even 

 after we knew where it was. If all were hidden like this it is not surpris- 

 ing we saw no more. 



100. Seiurus aurocapillus. Oven-bird. — Seemingly as numerous on 

 the birch and poplar clad hillside about Leech Lake, as under the white 

 oaks and maples of Southern Iowa. Several beautiful nests were seen, 

 containing from three to five eggs each. 



loi. Geothlypis Philadelphia. Mourning Warbler. — A common 

 bird about Walker. I had understood this species confined itself to wet 

 woodlands, as does the Kentucky Warbler of the South, but such is not 

 the case about Leech Lake. Thej' were on the dry hillsides, about the 

 burns and clearings, and about the alder and hazel thickets. They inhab- 

 ited the same territory as Zotiotrichia alhicollis, Wilso7iia canadensis, 

 HylocicJila fiiscescens, Dendroica (estiva and Dendroica pensylvanica. 

 Occasionally we saw them along old logging roads crossing the swamps, 

 but the greatest numbers were on the higher ground, seemingly prefer- 

 ring brush to tiiTiber. 



I saw several nests both years and they are all much alike in construe- 



