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When the four baby birds were ready to fly, we were all eager to 

 see their first trial. But, friendly as they were, the old birds apparently 

 thought this was asking for too much faith in humanity for one wren, 

 while we were all at dinner, the flight was taken. When we came 

 back the whole wren family was out in the yard. We never saw them 

 again. 



BENNINGTON COUNTY NOTES. 

 Dr. L. H. Ross, Bennington. 



We have a few items of interest from this section. 



There was an unusual migration of Cape May warblers extending 

 from May G to May 22, 1912. Numbers were seen and one was found 

 dead. This is the first observation of Cape Mays in Bennington 

 County in more than ten years. Never to my knowledge have they 

 been so numerous. 



A Tennessee warbler was seen, the first noted in Bennington 

 County. 



A yellow-breasted chat was found nesting. This was reported at 

 the summer meeting by Charles Hitchcock. 



A Hudsonian chickadee was seen Dec. 26, 1912. 



MY ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE PRAIRIE WARBLER. 

 Mr. Geo. W. Fuller, White River Junction. 



While I was studying the bird-life of a piece of pasture-land, June 

 30, 1908, a few miles from my home, I was confronted by a very strange 

 bird. It was a warbler, of that I was sure, but I did not know the 

 species. There were two of them, evidently a pair. After consulting 

 my hand book of birds. I identified them without a doubt as the prairie 

 warbler. 



One of the birds, which I decided was the male, perched on a 

 branch of a small hemlock tree and uttered a call, ascending the scale 

 and then partly descending with more volume. The other bird darted 

 in and out of the branches of the same tree, twittering nervously, 

 and seemed very anxious about something. Wondering at her manner 



