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140. Lanivireo solitarius solitarius. Blue-headed 



\^IREO. 



A rather uncommon summer resident in respect to general 

 distribution in the woodlands. Yet four to six pairs nest season 

 by season in the fifty-acre piece of woods on the Highland. 

 The song is heard practically the entire season. There is some 

 diminution in the middle of August, but an increase in Septem- 

 ber, and the song is continued into the early daj'S of October. 



I have sometimes heard at the end of the season a more 

 beautiful song than that heard in June and July, being richer 

 and sweeter and continuous after the manner of the song of the 

 Purple Finch. This song has been heard along the roadside, 

 when the birds, having come out of the woods, are frequenting 

 the roadside trees. On September i8, 1900, I listened to one 

 thus singing for a half-hour in an apple-tree. In most seasons 

 the last individual has been recorded between October 4 and 7. 

 In 1901, however, the song was heard on the loth day and one 

 was seen on the nth day; in 1902 one was heard singing on 

 the 12th day ; in 1903 one was seen on the 8th day ; and in 1907 

 one on the loth da}-. 



141 Mniotilta varia. Black and White Warbler. 



A fairly common summer resident in woods of mixed or 

 deciduous growth in the valleys and upon the lower levels of the 

 mountains. The period of song extends uninterruptedly to about 

 the middle of July, but the song is heard occasional!}' quite 

 through August and into the early days of September. The 

 latest bird which has been recorded was seen on September 28 

 in 1907. Last records range usually from September 19 to 23. 



142. Vermivora rubricapilla rubricapilla. Nashville 

 Warbler. 



A common summer resident of the valleys, the hillsides, 

 and the scrub forest of the higher mountains to the limit of tree 

 growth, about 4500 feet. The song has been regularl}- heard 



