THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



spice bushes and lower branches, but not on the ground. He seems rather 

 partial to damp woods, possibly because insects are more abundant there. 



Feeding and singing are sandwiched together for the better part of the 

 day, as though some expression of gratitude were necessary after each morsel 

 was received. It is often a less spirited song than many warblers give, seem- 

 ing to be a sort of soliloquy upon life and its compensations, but it is none 

 the less pleasing. There is a pretty close resemblance to some phrases of 

 the song of Yellow Warbler, but a little attention and discrimination will 

 bring out the differences in quality as well as quantity. The song is more 

 often heard on the Oberlin College campus than in the woods about Oberlin, 

 and there it is somewhat different than the woods song. "Wce-chee, zvee- 

 chee, wee-chee-e-e-e," with the accent on the first syllable of each phrase, is 

 the campus song. In the woods he sings this way: "Te te te te ivee chu" 

 and occasionally, "To ivee, to wee, tee e-e-e." In the woods the song seems 

 to be more spirited than on the campus. The difference may possibly be due 

 to the fact that the first migrants are those which visit the campus, while 

 the later ones remain in the woods. 



In the vicinity of Oberlin Chestnut-side arrives about the fifth of May 

 and the last travelers leave for the north shore of lake Erie during the last 

 week of May. It is possible that some stay with us all summer, but if so 

 we have not found them. 



The nest resembles the nest of Yellow Warbler, both in situation and 

 composition. It is usually placed in the fork of a bush or shrub from two 

 to eight or nine feet from the ground. I suspect that the nest is more often 

 built in the woods than one would expect with Yellow Warbler. It is well 

 made, suiting the daintiness of the bird. 



During August and the most of September one may find this warbler in 

 the shrubbery and second growth in the plainer autumn plumage. He is not 

 singing then during the heat of the day, but may be recognized by the trim 

 form and small size. LYNDS JONES. 



No. 67. 



BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 



A. O. U. No. 660. Dendroica castanea (Wils.). 



Description. Adult male: Forehead, extreme chin, and sides of head 

 broadly (including eye) black; crown and nape deep chestnut; sides of neck 

 and narrow cervical band rich creamy buff; remaining upper parts olive-ashy, 

 streaked with black; wings and tail dusky; two cream-white bars on wings, 

 separated by considerable dusky space ; three outer pairs of tail-feathers with large 



