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IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



much in fear of man, since Mr. 

 Heaton finds it a regular resident 

 in his door yard where it is 

 under observation at all times; 

 and Mr. Barstch has found it 

 nesting in the cities of Burling- 

 ton, Decorah and Iowa City. 



The species has a "loud, clear 

 song that can be heard in any 

 woodland." It is "one of our 

 best and most persistent song- 

 sters continuing during its entire 

 stay." It "may," says Mr. Smith, 

 "be heard at all hours of the day. 

 Its song is rather monotinous 

 and is uttered as the bird liits 

 about among the foliage. It has 

 also a characteristic alarm note 

 which is uttered when the person 

 gets too near its home; and the 

 note is nearly always a sign of the 

 near proximity of the nest." 



626. V. phi'ladelphicHS. {Cass.) 

 PHILADELPHIA VIREO. 



This species is reported from 

 only two counties — Scott and 

 Jackson. Mr. Giddings thinks it 

 may breed in Jackson county, 

 since he has noted it there dur- 

 ing the breeding season. He 

 finds it very rare, having seen 

 the bird only a few times. He 

 first saw the species for the 

 season of 1895, on June ist. 



Mr. J. H. Brown finds it not 



uncommon in Scott county. In 

 some seasons he finds it a quite 

 common migrant. He agrees 

 with Mr. Davie that it is very 

 like V. gilvus, but finds it much 

 more quiet during migrations, 

 "seeming to prefer tree-tops and 

 rural districts." He finds it rath- 

 er erratic, being common one 

 year and perhaps rare the next. 

 Mr. Davie says, in his Nests 

 and Eggs of N. A. Birds, that the 

 species is "not common where- 

 ever found;" but that "in portions 

 of the Mississippi valley it is more 

 common than in the eastern 

 states occurring regularly and in 

 considerable numbers during the 

 spring and fall migrations." The 

 I. O. A. needs to take this spe- 

 cies especially in hand and de- 

 velop information concerning it. 



627, V. Gilvus. {Vieill.) 



WARBLING VIREO. 



This species does not seem to 

 be so widely and generally dis- 

 tributed as the Red-eye, or else it 

 is not so well known. It is re- 

 ported from twelve of the six- 

 teen counties heard from. "Com- 

 mon is the word most often used 

 in connection with its numbers. 

 The compiler judges that next to 

 the Red-eye, it is the most num- 

 erous species in Iowa. The dates 

 of its occurrence are from April to 



