CERULEAN WARBLER 



May 5, 1896 

 May 8, 1897 

 May 16, 1898 



I WAS attracted to these birds by their 

 marked song. Several were singing in 

 the tops of the trees in our place where 

 our new house is building. The song is 

 four repeated notes, then four more a lit- 

 tle higher in key, ending with a sort of 

 burr-r-r. It has something of the quality 

 of the black-throated blue's song. They 

 all seemed to sing just alike, a quick, de- 

 cisive song. The collar of grey blue across 

 the throat is plainly visible on the white 

 under parts (and the under parts are about 

 all one sees of these dwellers in the tree 

 tops). 



May 6th. Heard them again — the 

 four notes repeated first are all on one 

 key — the last ones a quick, upward, chro- 

 matic run — ending in the burr-r-r. 



May 16th. Still here, incessant singers. 



June 18th. Still here. They must be 

 resting here, it is so late. Heard numbers 

 of them, and saw one on a comparatively 

 low tree, the first good view I have yet 



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