MOURNING WARBLER 



May 27, i8g8 

 (Lake Forest) 



HAVE watched for this bird all these 

 years and never seen him till today. 

 The dark line around eye and back of it 

 distinguishes it readily from the Connecti- 

 cut warbler. No song heard. 



May 26, igoo. Saw a fine male, the 

 breast markings very dark. Sang con- 

 stantly, a pretty song, flexible, whistled, 

 less in volume than the Connecticut war- 

 bler, but reminding one a little of it. It 

 was repeated three or four times always, 

 the syllables seemed like "hall-or-ree, 

 hall-or-ree, hall-or-ree," and sometimes 

 ending with a "whoit, whoit" on a lower 

 key at the end. A slight resemblance to 

 the oven-bird's, and yet so much less loud 

 and beating. It is louder at the end, 

 though, than at the beginning. 



June 7, igoo. Heard him singing con- 

 stantly in one place, but got a poor view 

 of him. He was a regular will-o'-the-wisp 

 and led me a chase. I never saw a bird 

 seem so shy. 



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