CANADA WARBLER 



May 19, 1893 

 May 15, 1894 

 August 30, 1894 

 May i8 9 1896 

 May 20, 1898 



NEVER a common bird here. It is one 

 of the many dark-backed, yellow- 

 breasted warblers but the back is bluish 

 instead of the usual olive, and the crescent 

 of spots on the breast differs from the cus- 

 tomary stripes of many of the warblers. 



May, 1896. Heard its song, loud, jum- 

 bled, slightly resembling the indigo bird's; 

 varies a good deal, often begins with a 

 little whirr or snap. 



May 31, 1901. One has been singing 

 at intervals all day here in our grounds. A 

 bright, sweet little song, something of the 

 red-eyed vireo's flexibility in it. He seems 

 to me to say "t'le'we, t'lee we, t'le'we, 

 t'lee we, t'l'it wit," but it is a difficult song 

 to put into syllables. It has a more liquid 

 and a more uncertain sound than the busi- 

 nesslike red-start's. 



May 22, 1903. Has been singing for 

 three or four days around the house. 



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