Field Notes 349 



THE I'KOTHOXOTARY WAltP.LER. 



Several years atio. while takinij a walk, as usual with l)ir(l .ulass 

 Lii liand. a suiall bird, warbler size, caught my eye as it tlitted about 

 a bush by the side of the track. Its yellow color and the absence 

 of distinct markings, provoked my curiosity, but a search, through 

 both my memory and my books, revealed nothing that answered 

 to the description unless it was the Prothonotary \Yarbler, and I 

 scarcely dared call it that, for I could find no record of that bird 

 nearer than the western yiart of the state. The section was 

 swampy and near the margin of Bass Lake, about three miles from 

 this place. I did not make a record of the date of this observance, 

 but should say it was probably the spring of 1007. 



June 12, 1910, Mrs. L. E. Parsons and I were at another part of 

 the same swamp, when we found a bird that I reco.gjiized at once 

 as the same as the one above referred to and which we both de- 

 cided must be the Prothonotary Warbler. Again in 1012. June 0th. 

 we were bird hunting in another section, three or four miles south- 

 west of the first mentioned station, when we discovered another 

 specimen of our warbler, and were this time quite sure we were 

 near its nest, and watched it for some time, but could not locate 

 the nest, though our bird was apitarently l)ringing food. This was 

 also a swampy spot, being at the base of a rocky bank where there 

 wei'e many springs. Since that time I have not again seen the 

 bird, though I have been in the P>ass Lake region many times. I 

 shall watch for it again this year. 



I note by the Wilson Bulletin that this warbler has been seen a 

 luimber of times recently at Oberlin vicinity and at Hurim. Un- 

 doubtedly it is woi'king north and east in the state. 



Orange Cook. 

 Chardon, Ohio. 



THE BEWICIv WREN. 



On the IStli of April, last year. 1 was hunting near an old or- 

 chard, when a small wrenlike bird, tlitting about in a rail fence, at- 

 tracted my attention. I soon decided it was a stranger to me. for 

 while its actions were decidedly wrenlike and there was the fa- 

 miliar barring on some parts of the bird, there was a longer and 

 different sha])ed tail, and very distinct white spots on the outer 

 feathers. After following the fence for ten or twelve rods, during 

 which time it allowed me good opportunities for observing its 

 actions and markings, it mounted to near the top of a small tree 

 and gave me a specimen of its vocal powers. Its song was quite 

 different from the House Wren, and to my taste, more pleasing. 



