NASHVILLE WARBLER 



September 25, 1893 

 May 9, 1894 

 May 10, 1897 

 May 13, 1898 



coloring of the Nashville is 

 * . in plain washes without distinctive 

 marks. Upper parts olive, head and sides 

 of neck bluish ash, throat pure yellow shad- 

 ing to lighter yellow underneath. It is the 

 yellowest of the plain warblers. 



May 10, 1897. I heard its song, some- 

 what jumbled, a little like a goldfinch, but 

 I only heard it a few times. 



May, 1898. Had fine study of song. 

 Description in Chapman's book perfect. 

 First note very high, repeated several 

 times, second note lower and uttered 

 rapidly like a chipping sparrow's. Rather 

 an insignificant and unmusical song. 



July, 1905. Heard a warbler always 

 invisible for several weeks at S. W. 

 Harbor, Me., sing over and over a never 

 varying song six notes all alike, then a 

 rapid trill like a chippy. Was it the Nash- 

 ville? It was not just like what I had 



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