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found in N. O. C. Bui. 6:227; but the full text of Doctor Merriam's notes, 

 which was not published in the Bulletin, does not indicate that the nest 

 of the Tennessee warbler was found in Lewis county, or that it was even 

 seen there later than May 29, which may well be merely a migration date. 

 The only other testimony we have which would indicate its breeding in 

 New York State is the statement in Roosevelt and Minot's " List of the 

 Summer Birds of Franklin county," where it is included doubtfully as 

 a breeder. Mr E. H. Short writes that a nest, evidently of this species, 

 was found by Mr Robbins at North Cohocton. Thus it is clear that we 

 are lacking sufiQcient evidence to include it as a summer resident of the 

 State. It seems probable, however, that it may be found breeding in the 

 North Woods as it has been noted both in Maine, New Hampshire and, 

 on July 15, 1888, by Faxon on Greylock mountain, Massachusetts. The 

 Tennessee warbler is one of those species which breed most abundantly 

 in the interior of the boreal zone, and like the Connecticut and Orange- 

 crowned warblers, which it resembles in this respect, is much more common 

 in New York during the fall migration, although, as stated before, it occurs 

 regiilarly in western New York during the spring. 



Haunts and habits. Like the Nashville, it nests upon the ground, 

 but according to the testimony of Brewster and others it is found during 

 the nesting season in thick growths of black spruce, balsam, mountain 

 ash and other trees of that association. During the migration it is found 

 more among the deciduous trees, as is the Nashville warbler. Its song, 

 as described by Farw^ell in Chapman's " Warblers of North America," 

 is " very loud, beginning with a sawing, two-noted trill, rather harsh and 

 very staccato, but hesitating in character increasing to a rapid trill almost 

 exactly like a Chipping sparrow, a noticeable but not musical song." 



