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song period extends to late Jul}' and intermittently through 

 August and into September, and it is not unusual to hear the 

 last recorded bird at the end of September or in early October 

 sing a recognizable song. The latest records are of one bird on 

 October 2, 1902 ; of three birds on October 2 and 3, 1905 ; and 

 of one bird on October 5, 1908. 



145. Dendroica tigrina. Cape May Warbler. 



A rather rare fall migrant. One or two birds only are 

 usuall}' recorded in late August or the first half of September. 

 In 1908 four birds were seen ; the first on August 23 on the 

 Highland, the second on September 2 in Jefferson Notch, the 

 third in the Muddy Pond woods on September 7, and the fourth 

 on September 16, which is the latest recorded date. Again in 

 19 10 four or more birds were observed ; the first two on August 

 30 and again on September i in the grove of birches at the 

 Meadows, and two others on September 3 in the vicinity of 

 Cherry Pond. Mrs. Bridge informs me that three birds were 

 seen by her on September 14, 19 10, in Randolph beside the 

 Moose River. 



146. Dendroica ^estiva iiestiva. Yellow Warbler. 



A rare summer resident in the valle}^ bottom of Jefferson, 

 and a not uncommon summer resident in lyancaster. For the 

 last nine seasons one or two pairs have undoubtedly nested beside 

 Israel's River at various points along about two miles of its 

 course. In 1907 probably three pairs bred in this section. In 

 19 10 one pair was located about a mile farther up the river than 

 the species had hitherto advanced, being almost at the foot of 

 Boy Mountain. In 1905 four birdlings a daj^ or two old were 

 seen in the nest in a clump of willows b}^ Jewett's mill on the 

 river on June 23. At Riverton, five or six miles farther down 

 the course of the river, not uncommonly a pair has been located. 



In lyancaster perhaps a dozen pairs breed. On June 9, 

 1910, I heard nine males singing in and about the village. That 



