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makes it the most musical of the warbler family. " Teweet-weet 

 weet-titititup up " are syllables that will represent an average 

 sample. The first three notes are high-pitched, measured, and 

 usually slightly slurred upward, suggesting the song of the Scarlet 

 Tanager, in time and pitch, though much sweeter in quality. The 

 remaining notes are quick, short, abrupt, and falling in pitch. 



The nest of this bird is well concealed under a mossy bank of 

 the stream. When the female is incubating it can best be located 

 by stamping along the bank and causing the sitting bird to fly out. 

 When young are being fed it may be found by patient watching of 

 the adult birds. 



Tennessee Warbler. Vermivora peregrina (Wils.) 



This little bird may be known by its olive-green back, gray head 

 and white under parts. It should not be confused with the Red- 

 eyed or Warbling Vireos from both of which it can be distinguished 

 by the lighter gray head and sharper bill, and froon the Red-eye by 

 smaller size. The lack of a mark in the wing distinguishes it from 

 the female of the Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



The Tennessee W 7 arbler is rare in the Park, and it is doubtful 

 if it breeds there. My only record is that of a single individual 

 seen in shrubbery along the roadside near Frecks on August 7. 

 The bird was close to me and low down, giving me a satisfactory 

 view of all its marks. From descriptions of its home by other 

 observers it is evidently an inhabitant of dense thickets along 

 stream valleys, so I have included it here. The bird seen was prob- 

 ably an early fall migrant. In migration it occurs in the tops of 

 trees as often as in low bushes. 



The Tennessee Warbler's song is loud and high-pitched, but not 

 musical. It may be written " pita pita pita pita-wit wit wit wit- 

 zi zi zi zi zi zi zi zi zi." It is usually in three parts as this sug- 

 gests, but is sometimes in only two parts. Each part is generally 

 a little higher in pitch and a little louder than the preceding one. 



Cerulean Warbler. Dendroica cerulea (Wils.) 



The Cerulean Warbler, like most of its family, is smaller than 

 the English Sparrow. The male has the upper parts light cerulean 

 blue, striped with black, with white wing bars and tail patches. The 

 under parts are white with a band of black across the breast. The 

 female is grayer above, without black stripes, and her breast is 

 yellowish white without the black band. The white wing bars are 

 prominent. 



• The Cerulean Warbler is one of the rare birds of the Park, only 

 a single bird having been seen. While it occurs regularly in western 

 New York it is extremely local and confined mostly to lowland 

 regions, where it lives in the tops of tall hardwood trees. On 

 July 21, I found this bird in the top of a tall maple on Quaker Run. 

 I discovered it through hearing the song, which sounded vaguely 

 familiar, although I was unable to determine the species by this 

 alone, as it was thirteen years since I had last heard it. The song 



