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  following 
  sheet 
  from 
  such 
  a 
  notebook 
  will 
  illustrate 
  the 
  plan 
  advised, 
  but 
  

   of 
  course 
  in 
  common 
  species, 
  like 
  the 
  Migrant 
  shrike 
  and 
  Bluebird, 
  the 
  

   notes 
  will 
  be 
  much 
  more 
  extensive 
  and 
  varied. 
  

  

  CAPE 
  MAY 
  .WARBLER 
  DENDROICA 
  TIGRINA 
  

  

  1902 
  

  

  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  7. 
  One 
  reported 
  seen. 
  

  

  do. 
  May 
  12. 
  Saw 
  a 
  fine 
  male, 
  the 
  first 
  I 
  ever 
  studied 
  

  

  through 
  a 
  glass. 
  He 
  was 
  low 
  down 
  among 
  the 
  bushes 
  and 
  brush 
  in 
  the 
  

   farthe"!- 
  corner 
  of 
  Cobb's 
  hill, 
  restlessly 
  searching 
  for 
  insects. 
  Could 
  make 
  

   out 
  with 
  perfect 
  distinctness 
  the 
  reddish 
  ear 
  spot 
  and 
  large 
  yeUow 
  patch 
  

   behind 
  it, 
  the 
  black 
  crown, 
  the 
  large 
  white 
  patches 
  in 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  outer 
  

   tail 
  feathers, 
  and 
  the 
  yellow 
  under 
  parts 
  streaked 
  with 
  black. 
  

  

  1903 
  

   Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  10. 
  Found 
  one 
  male 
  in 
  Mt 
  Hope, 
  

   do.' 
  May 
  12. 
  Male 
  on 
  Cobb's 
  hih. 
  

  

  1904 
  

   Charlotte, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  8. 
  In 
  Greenleaf 
  woods 
  saw 
  the 
  only 
  c? 
  noted 
  

   near 
  Rochester 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  1905 
  

   Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  4- 
  c? 
  reported 
  seen 
  on 
  Cobb's 
  hih. 
  

  

  do. 
  May 
  14. 
  Saw 
  c? 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Bay-breasts 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  oak 
  tops 
  on 
  the 
  Pinnacle. 
  

  

  1906 
  

  

  Springville, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  12. 
  Saw 
  a 
  fine 
  d" 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  edge 
  of 
  Clark's 
  

   woods 
  in 
  compa'nv 
  with 
  a 
  Palm 
  warbler 
  and 
  many 
  others 
  of 
  several 
  different 
  

   species; 
  they 
  were 
  ah 
  feeding 
  restlessly 
  in 
  the 
  maple 
  tops 
  and 
  movmg 
  

   rapidly 
  from 
  tree 
  to 
  tree 
  toward 
  the 
  north 
  along 
  the 
  ridge. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  

   warm 
  May 
  day, 
  the 
  wind 
  strong, 
  southwesterly. 
  

  

  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  13. 
  S 
  seen 
  in 
  Mt 
  Hope. 
  

  

  1907 
  

  

  Rochester, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  May 
  i4- 
  Saw 
  a 
  c? 
  on 
  Cobb's 
  hill. 
  

  

  do. 
  May 
  16. 
  Saw 
  two 
  $ 
  and 
  one 
  $ 
  on 
  Cobb 
  s 
  hill. 
  

  

  do 
  May 
  17. 
  9 
  on 
  Cobb's 
  hih 
  in 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  tah 
  

  

  chestnut 
  trees.' 
  Added 
  her 
  to 
  my 
  collection, 
  thereby 
  verifying 
  to 
  a 
  doubting 
  

   friend 
  the 
  possibilit}' 
  of 
  distinguishing 
  with 
  a 
  glass 
  the 
  $ 
  Cape 
  May 
  m 
  the 
  

   tree 
  tops. 
  

  

  