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the warblers were in diminished numbers. In the fift5^-acre 

 woodland no representatives remained to breed that season, 

 although on June 4 I recorded four singing males therein. A 

 nesting of Cooper's Hawks in the wood may possibly account 

 for this. The song period is quite extended, reaching with only 

 slight decrease to the end of July and in some seasons into the 

 early days of August. Few migrants are observed in the fall 

 movements. The latest records are between September 14. and 

 20 in the seasons 1907 to 19 10. 



152. Dendroica striata. Beack-poee Warbeer. 



An abundant summer resident in the coniferous growth of 

 the mountain slopes even to the tree limit, and also breeding 

 sparsely as low as iioo to 1400 feet. Forty or more singing 

 males have been recorded by the roadside on the Jefferson Notch 

 road along the upper three miles of its course. Sixty to eight}^ 

 have been recorded on the road through the notch to Bretton 

 Woods upon various drives. Fifty have been heard singing 

 along the path into Tuckerman's Ravine and within the ravine 

 itself. The species used to breed in the small spruces in the 

 Davis swampy wood at the Meadows until the swamp was com- 

 pletely burned in the forest fares of 1903. Several singing males 

 used there to be noted throughout the season. In 1907 the song 

 was heard during June and early July from a bird near Stag 

 Hollow, the nesting probably being in a pasture dotted with 

 spruces at about 1300 feet elevation. Two singing males are 

 located season by season at the first camp on the South Branch, 

 the elevation of which is about 1400 feet. Quite three miles of 

 ascending road stretch between this outpost of breeding terri- 

 tory and the great continuous breeding-ground higher up. 

 Some individuals continue to sing into the month of August, 

 but the period of full song ends before the middle of July. I 

 have also heard the song several times in September, the four- 

 teenth being the latest day. The species is not numerousl}' 

 represented in the fall movements of warblers. Some individuals 

 are recorded in early October, the fifth, seventh, and ninth being 

 the latest dates. 



