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not the slightest attention to my chopping; whereas a pair 

 of downy woodpeckers and a pair of great-crested fly- 

 catchers, both of them evidently nesting near by, were 

 much put out by my presence. While listening to my 

 little black-throated friend, I could also continually hear 

 the songs of his cousins, the prairie warbler, the redstart, 

 the black-and-white creeper and the Maryland yellow- 

 throat; not to speak of oven-birds, towhees, thrashers, 

 vireos, and the beautiful golden-voiced wood thrushes. 



The black-throated green warblers have seemingly 

 become regular summer residents of Long Island, for 

 after discovering them on my place I found that two or 

 three bird-loving neighbors were already familiar with 

 them; and I heard them on several different occasions as 

 I rode through the country roundabout. I already knew 

 as summer residents in my neighborhood the following 

 representatives of the warbler family: the oven-bird, chat, 

 black-and-white creeper, Maryland yellow-throat, sum- 

 mer yellow-bird, prairie warbler, pine warbler, blue- 

 winged warbler, golden-winged warbler (very rare) , blue 

 yellow-backed warbler and redstart. 



The black-throated green as a breeder and summer 

 resident is a newcomer who has extended his range south- 

 ward. But this same summer I found one warbler, the 

 presence of which, if more than accidental, means that a 

 southern form is extending its range northward. This 

 was the Dominican or yellow-throated warbler. Two of 

 my bird-loving neighbors are Mrs. E. H. Swan, Jr., and 

 Miss Alice Weekes. On July 4th Mrs. Swan told me 

 that a new warbler, the yellow-throated, was living near 



