
















170 THE WARBLERS. 
species to be extremely abundant during a single forenoon, 
while scarcely a single individual was to be seen during th 
rest of the spring, so quickly do they come and go. But that 
this should still be the case; that errors, which were made 
perhaps unavoidably, by Audubon and Wilson, should stl 
be perpetuated, is a matter of surprise and regret. Som 
species are much more abundant now than they were in the | 
days of the older ornithologists, and some probably scare” 
Thus, both Audubon and Wilson mention the chestnut-sided : 
warbler as one of the rarest of all, whereas it is now vey 
abundant. Another general error was, in stating that they all 
withdrew to the far north to breed. ‘There are, probably, 
very few of the species that enter the New England Stati 
that will not be found to raise their young in some patt f 
its territory, large portions of which have not as yet - 
scientifically explored. Little attention, likewise, seems t0 
eved, 
notes, particularly the latter. In the following brief ye 
it is my intention to give a short account of eac oft 4 
members of this interesting family, and to notice, e i 
especially, such_ particulars as are not generally know’ : 
regard to their songs, as have fallen under my observa the 
The Pine-creeping Warbler (Dendroica pinus) © — 
first of the family to visit us in the spring, and arrives 
my locality in the latitude of New York, about the po 
April. I have never known it to be very abundant, t 
it is seldom scarce. It affects, principally, the o 
woods, but is often met with in other places. Its songs 
rather note, for it can scarcely be said to have a song” 
rapid chatter, quite different from that of any other W" | 
though it bears some resemblance to that of the Myiod 
pusillus. 
