554 . Eiprig, Haunts of Cairns' Warbler. [on. 



]iad increased strikingly in numbers. During a brief walk on the 

 afternoon of my arrival, we saw and heard about twenty in the 

 same habitat as the preceding four species, and everywhere we 

 went we found it common, in all kinds of woods, evergreen and 

 hardwood, second growth brush, along creeks and on dry moun- 

 tain crests. Their coarse, loud, unwarbler-like alarm note was one 

 of the commonest sounds heard. Many were carrying food, 

 showing that the young were already out of the eggs. The old 

 birds would fly closely about one, with their sparrow-like chirp, 

 scolding the intruder out of their nesting range. Similarly ob- 

 trusive and solicitous were the Ovenbirds, likewise found in all 

 kinds of woodland habitat. 



Two warblers had moved in since my last visit, the Yellow- 

 breasted Chat, and the Golden-winged Warbler. Two pairs of 

 the former had taken up their stand in small brushy second growth, 

 where the prime\al pine, spruce and hemlock had been cut out, 

 moving in from lower down, where it is common. A pair of the 

 Golden-wings were observed in Kolb's Hollow, having also fol- 

 lowed the clearings. This is a good instance of how man's 

 interference with and changing of natural conditions promptly 

 influences flora and fauna. 



In the fringe of alders along Bear Creek and in swampy corners 

 of the farm, the Maryland Yellow-throat can be heard, and along 

 the creeks the two Water-Thrushes are found, Sciurus motacUla, 

 and S. n. novcboracensis. One of the former we saw carry food. 

 Besides these, the Chestnut-sided Warbler is common, in the same 

 places as the Canada and its song wi cli dl dereea almost becomes 

 monotonous. The Yellow Warbler, however, is rare; I noticed 

 only one pair and those in my host's orchard, where one of them 

 sang once as late as 9 o'clock in the evening. 



In the same place where the odd notes of the Chat were first 

 heard, a Catbird struck up its song and amused us greatly by 

 suddenly weaving in the call of the Whip-poor-will. This was the 

 only time that I beard the Whip-poor-will song during my stay, 

 whereas formerly the hollows and hillsides resounded with it 

 every evening. There is a sad decrease in the numbers of this 

 bird, and I may add, the same holds good for all places where I 

 have been of late years, in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois, every- 



