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t again for a day only, a female bird 

 was seen. 



The male bird was singing his slight song 

 at the time of observation in one of the 

 large willows about the pond. It was a day 

 when fifteen species of warblers were 

 present, including a Blackburnian and a 

 Chat, and when four male scarlet tana- 

 gers were flashing their brilliancy about 

 the pond. The female Bay-breast appeared 

 with eleven other species of warblers, in- 

 cluding two Blackburnians, a male and a 

 female. 



82. BLACK-POLL WARBLER 



Dendroica striata 



The Black-poll Warbler never has failed 

 to appear in the Garden in the spring sea- 

 son, several birds at a time usually and 

 in several successive flocks. The little 

 flocks also remain usually several days. 

 The largest numbers which have been re- 

 corded in any one day were nine on May 

 27, 1905, and thirteen on May 27, 1908. 

 The earliest appearance of the species was 



