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Nest, in woods, low bush or tree, three feet up; in wet swamp, one 

 foot up; of bark, moss, vegetable fibre, leaves and grasses, lined with 

 the finer material. Eggs, 4, rarely 3 or 5; white or creamy- white, often 

 quite glossy, marked with specks and spots of light to dark reddish- 

 brown and lilac. The markings principally at larger end, where they 

 sometimes form wreaths; .70 by .51. 



The Hooded Warbler is generally a rare summer resident. How- 

 ever, in the lower Wabash Valley it is said, in some places, to be com- 

 mon. On the contrary, in the northern part of the State, it is very 

 rare. Everywhere it is more numerous during the migrations. They 

 arrive, in spring, from April 16 to May 16. They were first noted at 

 Greensburg, April 16, 1896; at Bloomington, April 20, 1885, May 8, 



Head of Hooded Warbler. Natural Size. 



1886; Knox County, April 25, 1881; Spearsville, April 30, 1894; 

 Brookville, April 30, 1881, May 16, 1884; Carroll County, May 5, 

 1885; Sedan, May 15, 1889; Chicago, 111., April 28, 1884. They fre- 

 quent woods in which there is a dense undergrowth, being found 

 among the bushes and lower branches of the trees. There they are 

 quite active, especially when mating begins. The male goes singing 

 through the bushes and flitting from branch to branch of the over- 

 shadowing trees, singing its song, and all the while opening and closing 

 its tail, exposing the white of the feathers. An insect comes within 

 easy range, the song stops suddenly, the tail remains closed, the insect 

 is caught, and then the song and the peculiar motions of the tail are 

 resumed. The song, as given by Mr. Langille, is "che-reek, che-reek, 

 che-reelc, chi-di-eef the first three notes with a loud fell-like ring, 

 and the rest in very much accelerated time and with the falling in- 

 flection/' 



It also has another less common song and a peculiar chip. Dr. Ray- 

 mond reported it as a summer resident in Franklin County (Ind. Geol. 

 Kept., 1869, p. 217), but it must be rarely such, for I have not found 

 it at that season. Dr. F. W. Langdon has noted it as a summer resi- 

 dent in the vicinity of Cincinnati (Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., July, 



