Vermont Botanical and Bird Clubs 15 



GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLERS SUMMERING IN 



RUTLAND 



Duane E. Kent 



For the past few years singing males of the golden-winged warb- 

 ler have been seen in Rutland county. On June 1, 1913, G. L. Kirk 

 of Rutland and myself heard singing in a thicket at Muddy Pond, near 

 the city of Rutland, a strange bird which we afterwards learned was a 

 golden-winged warbler. I did not hear the song again until May 30, 

 1915, when I was at the pond once more. A male was heard singing 

 and was seen. During the entire time that I was there, making a futile 

 search for the nest, 5 a. m. to 11 a. m., the bird was in song almost 

 continually, either in the alders or perched 40 to 50 feet from the 

 ground in an elm tree. On June G I made another visit to the place and 

 heard the bird singing, but was again unsuccessful in finding the nest. 



On June 11, 1916, R. Clyde Spaulding of Rutland and the writer 

 were at the pond once more. This time we saw two male golden- 

 wings and heard them sing. One perched frequently in the favorite elm. 

 We made a careful search through the whole locality for the nest but 

 did not find it. We did, however, find an old nest which I could not 

 identify as belonging to any species with which I was familiar and I 

 decided it was the nest built by the golden-wing in 1915. 



This year, 1918, I was at the pond on May 30 but found no golden- 

 wings but about a third of a mile distant I heard three of the birds 

 singing. They were in an alder thicket, bordering a pasture. A few 

 days later Mr. Kirk visited this ground and hear one bird sing. No 

 nest could be found. 



On May 31, 1918, I collected a specimen of the golden-winged warb- 

 ler near Fair Haven for Mr. Kirk and I heard another singing at that 

 time. 



On May 29, 1918, G. H. Ross of Rutland saw one of these warb- 

 lers, a male, at Castleton. 



So far no one in this locality has seen either a female or an imma- 

 ture golden-winged warbler. 



SOME NEW STATIONS FOR RARE PLANTS IN 

 NORTHEASTERN VERMONT 



Inez Addie Howe 



We are all familiar with the proverb that "all things come to him 

 who waits" but in the case of the botanist it should read "all things 



