GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER 



May 25, igoo 



FOUND him after a long chase in the 

 "chat woods" west of Fort Sheridan. 

 The song first attracted me, and was many 

 times repeated. An indolent, rather 

 wheezy three, or usually four, notes, all 

 on one note. Like the cerulean's a little 

 in quality only, or a little of the black- 

 throated blue and green's huskiness. A 

 lazy song, very distinctive, not loud, often 

 repeated. Syllables that recall it to me, 

 "S'h, hush, hush, hush," the last three 

 slightly quicker than the first, but all 

 drawled and insect-like. 



June 8th. The same bird still in the 

 same place. Can he be nesting? Sang just 

 as constantly as before. Had fine views 

 of him, and was struck with the vividness 

 of his yellow crown. 



May 14, iqoi. Saw him in our own 

 grounds and heard the song again. First 

 description tallies exactly with the second 

 impression, not always the case with bird 

 songs. I have now seen this warbler 

 three times this spring. He probably did 

 not nest in the chat woods last year, as I 

 never saw him after June 8th. 



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