6 Bulletin of thk 



clear, joyous and full of sweet uielody. This song may be described as fol- 

 lows : U'cchc clu\'-chcc-clu\'-r-r-r. The "r" sound is (|uite prolojiged and 

 loud. The hrst two notes are low. then the notes gradually increase in vol- 

 ume to the cud. 1 thought it a Kirtland, although 1 had ne\-er before 

 heard its song. 1 heard this song repeated at intervals of about :>() seconds, 

 and from different directions. 1 tried to catch a glimpse of the singer, 

 but for a long time failed to do .so, as he kept among the thick jack pines 

 and scrub oaks. I repeatedly tried to' go where he sang last, and finally 

 saw him Hit fr(jm a bush to a yellow oak scrub and light about three feet 

 aijove the ground. As 1 watched him he sat quite erect, threw forward his 

 head and the wonderful song rang out. This song was remarkable because 

 of its volume and rich melody. I was sure this was the bird for which 1 

 was in search ; but in order to make certain the identity 1 shot it. A mo- 

 ment later I held in my hand a fmc adult male of Kirtland's warbler. 1 then 

 looked over the ground very carefully, but failed to find either the female or 

 the nest. Although 1 repeatedly searched this locality I never found them. 

 On the morning of July '.\d 1 made a second trip to the plains to search 

 for the mate of the Kirtland which I shot on the 2d, but failed -to find 

 her. One half mile farther west I heard a male singing, but the wind blew 

 so strong and the bird was so shy I failed to even get a glimpse of him, 

 although it was some encouragement to know there were more in the 

 vicinity. I spent the day in working this locality, but my search was in vain. 

 July 6th I started out to explore the country to the west of the spot 

 where I found the other birds, and after walking four miles I was rewarded 

 by hearing the now familiar song of D. kirtlandi. In trying to locate the 

 singer I flushed a female from the ground. 1 went to the spot and dropping 

 on my hands and knees commenced to search for her nest. The female 

 came and lit upon a small pile of brush not four feet away, fluttering her 

 wings, chipping and by every action showing great excitement. Her call 

 "chip-chip" brought the male, who came within five feet of me and scolded 

 me with the same, only louder, ''chip-chip." All these actions led me to 

 think the nest was near by. I then carefully went over the ground about 

 me, foot by foot, and later extended my search to include many square rods. 

 The female was very anxious and kept near me, but she was not at all 

 shy and went to gleaning worms "like a warbler" and catching moths "like 

 a fly-catcher." After a time the male came and chased her about low 

 down through the pines. This pair of birds ate all the worms and moths 

 T saw them catch, and these facts led me to think they did not have young. 

 I spent the day looking for the nest and watching these birds. The male 

 went to the top of an old burnt stub (about tw-enty feet high) near by, 

 and sang: zvichy. chec-chcc-chcr-v-r. The song of this male was not so 

 loud and ringing, was not so full of melody as the first, but was very 

 sweet and clear. Tt made me think of the song of the Maryland yellow- 

 throat (Geothlypis frichas. T.inn.), only the notes were shorter. I was not 

 able to locate the nest, although T looked high and low, in all the jack pines 

 and on the ground where, from the actions of the birds. T thought they 

 nested. I saw the female on the ground several times, and she seemed per-> 



