OUR SONG BIRDS 95 
regions I found just outside the little town of Cumberland Gap, 
Tennessee, a hillside covered with a second growth of Pinus vir- 
giniana Mill., and on this hillside many fine specimens of the 
orchid under discussion. One of my students who had accom- 
panied me on the excursion had never seen the plant before and 
was as much delighted with the find as I was on a similar occasion 
in Rhode Island a number of years ago when I was just beginning 
to hunt wild plants. In the latter state and in adjacent parts 
of Massachusetts I have often found this Lady’s Slipper but 
nearly always in pine woods. I remember only once finding 
it in any other location and that was in a rather open sphagnum 
bog. I had been so accustomed to finding this plant in the pine 
woods that I remarked to my companion just before finding 
the orchid that ‘“‘in that location you will find a different orchid 
from any you have seen yet.’ The plants in this Cumberland 
Gap region were among the largest I have ever seen, the “‘slipper’’ 
being nearly three inches long. As regards the two flowered 
form I may also be able to give a little informatidn. Once or 
twice I have seen a plant bearing two scapes of about the same 
length, and the flowers about the same size. One of these I 
found in Rhode Island or in the region of Attleboro, Massachusetts. 
University of Tennessee. 
III.—OUR SONG BIRDS. 
BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. 
ORCHARD ORIOLE. 
Icterus spurvus. 
Though not so gifted a singer as the Baltimore, this oriole 
has exceedingly sweet notes. This quality may be recognized 
better when the bird sings only one or two notes. The full song 
is rather rapid, and is hard to follow. As its name indicates, 
the Orchard Oriole is oftenest heard in fruit trees. 
Woop PEWEE. 
Mytochanes virens. 
This is our only flycatcher whose song is musical. Arriving 
late in May, the Pewee’s silvery notes may be heard throughout 
