" i . , i ; Wright, Morning Awakening and Even-song. 51o 



Dacks are singing and continue their song; at ii.i'O second Oven-bird 

 gives a Bight song; at 3.23 a Veery is heard calling in the distance; 

 at 3.24 Black-throated Blue Warbler sings; at :;.l ) ."> Blue-headed 

 Vireo; at 3.27 Red-eyed Vireo, very quietly, but is well heard; 

 at 3.28 Wood Thrush sings, no previous calls having been heard; 

 Blackburnian Warbler, .'i..'52; Parula Warbler, 3.34; Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet, 3.36; at 3.38 the Wood Thrush lias snng but 

 little, luit is singing Freely now; Oven-bird's first usual song, ;!.4(i, 

 and it is continued; Wood Thrush still singing, .'^.48; Crow's 

 first call, 3.51 ; Redstart sings,.'!..").'!; Black-throated Green Warbler 



also. .'>..">;!; extinguish lantern, 3.58; emerge from the wood at 4.04 

 o'clock. Two other records obtained in the same location on 

 July !' and 15 are in their main features similar. The three records 

 include sixteen species. Wood I'ewee was first in each instance. 

 The second place is taken by Oven-bird with a flight song, if the 

 records he averaged. Veery ranks third. Olive-hacked Thrush 

 conies fourth, followed by Scarlet Tanager. The sixth and seventh 

 places are taken by Blue-headed Vireo and Black-throated Blue 

 Warbler respectively. Wood Thrush is eighth. The next four 

 places are filled by Red-eyed Vireo, BlackburnianWarbler, Golden 

 crowned Kinglet, and Parula Warbler. The Crow with its call is 

 thirteenth and Black-throated Green Warbler, fourteenth. Sap- 

 sneker and White-breasted Xnt hatch, each on a single occasion, 

 closed the record. The -Inly 15 record, taken when the sun rose 

 Seven minutes later than on .Inly (i, shows a somewhat later awaken- 

 ing into song than the difference in time of sunrise, indicating that 

 as the season advances to the middle of July there is a disposition 

 to delay awakening, as the spirit of song is already waning. The 

 Weather conditions were similar on the three mornings, and all the 

 circumstances under which the records were obtained were alike. 



On four other mornings I passed down through this same wood- 

 land a mile, more or less, to a position near its border, that I might 

 be among another and different group of songsters. The woods 

 terminate on this, the western, side in four or five acres of saplings 

 and bushes with only occasional large trees, this section having 

 been cut over within a few years. It is favorable, therefore, for 

 wood-border and bush-dwelling species. A lantern was needed 

 to show the trail and conduct safely as well as for making the rec- 



