BIRDS OF THE GRAND PRfi REGION. — TUFTS. 191 



647. Verinivora peregrina (Wils.). Tennessee Warbler. — 

 Rare summer resident. This warbler was first 

 identified on June 1st, 1915. My attention was 

 attracted by the loud and stirring sqng, which 

 Chapman likens to the Nashville, though the latter 

 has much less volume. The bird was hard to 

 approach and exceedingly active, but with the aid 

 of my binoculars I was soon satisfied as to the 

 identity. Later I secured a specimen which I still 

 have in my collection. Several were observed 

 daily until about June 10th, when they disappeared 

 from the locality. The next year, June 3rd, 1916i 

 I saw three of these birds about the same vicinity 

 and to my delight two pairs lingered about, and I 

 soon discovered that they were nesting. On July 

 5th I saw the female feeding her young, and by 

 July 10th they had flown. In June, 1917, the 

 species was fairly common about Wolfville. 



'648a. Compsothlypis americana usnece Brewst. Northern 

 Parula Warbler. — Common summer resident, from 

 May 10th to Sept. 15th, Frequents woodland 

 regions, particularly those sections in which the 

 trees are covered with "beard moss" (Usnea harhata), 

 of which the nest is cleverly constructed. 



650. Dendroica tigrin'a (Gmel.). Cape May Warbler. — 

 This is probably our rarest warbler. On June 

 2nd 1915, at Black River, I heard what I supposed 

 to be the song of the Bay-breasted Warbler. Ap- 

 proaching nearer, I caught sight of the bird, hopping 

 leisurely about on " a small spruce. My glasses 

 instantly told me I had stumbled on something 

 unusual, a new bird for this region. Returning 

 three days later, I found the bird in exactly the 

 same locality, and by this time was able to identify 



