Vol. XLV 
1897 WIDMANN, /lome of Bachman’s Warbler. 305 
THE SUMMER HOME OF BACHMAN’S WARBLER NO 
LONGER UNKNOWN. 
A ComMMON BREEDER IN THE ST. FRANCIS RIVER REGION OF SOUTH- 
EASTERN MiIssouRI AND NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS. 
BY O. WIDMANN. 
THE first intimation of the breeding of Bachman’s Warbler in 
the St. Francis region was had last year, when on May 7 and May 
g singing males were taken (Auk, XIII, 264). At that time no 
attempt was made to find the nest, though the condition of the 
testes showed that procreation was either going on, or not far 
distant. 
May 8, 1897, I visited the same place agdin with the intention 
of settling the question, if possible. I had no trouble in finding 
several singing males on the day of my arrival at Kolb Island, 
Dunklin Co., Mo., on the Paragould and Southeastern railroad, 
ro miles east of Paragould, Greene Co., Ark. An old male with 
deep black throat patch, extending over the breast and almost 
reaching to the bill, was evidently laboring under a severe spell 
of excitement and rattled off its little ditty with hardly any pauses 
at all. When singing he raised his head slightly, opened his bill 
as wide as he could, shook his wings violently, and his whole 
frame quivered as if in great ecstasy. 
Next morning I visited him again and found him already in 
song at 5 A.M. In order to become perfectly acquainted with his 
song, to watch his movements, to see his mate, and possibly to get 
a clew where to look for the nest, I remained with him nearly the 
whole day, that is, from 5 to 7 and 8 to 12 a.m. and 3 to 5 P.M, 
when a heavy rainstorm came up. During these eight hours the 
bird kept singing nearly all the time at the rate of ten times a 
minute with the regularity of clockwork, and its sharp, rattling 
notes reminded me strongly of an alarm-clock. In this regard 
it recalls one of the performances of Parula, whose rattle is of 
the same length and quality, except that it has a certain rise 
at the end, by which it is easily distinguished. To my ear the 
Bachman’s song comes nearest to that of the Worm-eating Warbler, 
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