FAMILY Mniotiltidse. 



the songs of the Wood Pewee and the Maryland Yellow- 

 throat; but I am not sure that every Kentucky Warbler 

 sings that way, some may leave it out, and if Mr. Chap- 

 man's syllabic form is taken literally then his 7^/r-fHr, 

 lur-dle, tur-dle, is evidence that it sometimes i.- left out. 

 That sort of variation is characteristic of the Warblers' 

 songs. The differentiations may be easy to define but are 

 difficult to encompass they are so manifold. For example, 

 one cannot be sure whether the next Kentucky Warbler's 

 dissyllables will ascend or descend the scale, but they are 

 musical enough for one to recognize the direction instantly, 

 and at times the intervals are considerable; but in the case 

 of the Maryland Yellow-throat some of the songs are so 

 absolutely devoid of definite pitch that there is no cer- 

 tainty of anything beyond rhythm. Not so the Kentucky 

 Warbler, and Bradford Torrey expresses quite my own 

 admiration of him in these almost unmeasured terms: 

 "When all is said, the Kentucky, with its beauty and its 

 song, is the star of the family, as far as eastern Tennessee 

 is concerned." Or, I would like to add, any other State 

 in the Union, for not one of his congeners is able to give 

 us such satisfying musical intervals and that is precisely 

 where the beauty of his song lies. This bird has one habit 

 in common with the Ovenbird, instead of hopping he 

 walks. He has a decided preference for damp woodlands 

 where there is a dense growth of underbrush, or of over- 

 grown clearings; there his voice will be heard with all the 

 clear, ringing quality of the Carolina Wren's singing. 



Connecticut This Warbler bears a very misleading 

 Warbler name, it breeds in northwestern Canada and 



Oporornts a gilts . , 



L. 5.50 inches waters in South America. t migrates 

 September to northward mostly through the Mississippi 

 October sth Valley and in the fall passes commonly 

 .southward east of the Alleghanies and rarely 

 westward of them. During the middle and the third 

 week of September, Mr. Eaton reports that it is by no 

 means rare in the southern migration across New York 

 State. Mr. Horace W. Wright in his Birds of Jefferson, 

 N. H., reports seventeen birds observed in that region 



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