Lexington, Mass.
1910.
June 9
(No 6)
[June 9, 1910]

Helmin. leucobronchialis [Helminthophila leucobronchialis]

moving anything but his head. At first he sang the
ti-ti-ti-ti-zeeee song (which the Golden-wing also uses)
repeating it a score or more times without variation. It
reminded me very strongly of the song of the Yellow-hammer
of Europe. At length he changed to the Zee, dee-dee-dee-dee
song which as far as I could make out was exactly
like that of chrysoptera. Altogether he spent at least
ten minutes singing in this oak and then flew away
over an open meadow to distant woods. After he began
singing we neither saw nor heard anything of the other two
birds, at least until sometime later when on returning to
the place after visiting the opposite side of the swamp, we
found the [female] sitting quietly in the nest. She was so deep down
in it that we had to stand directly over it to see her. She
pointed her bill well upward & her long dark eyes looked
straight into mine as I bent low over her. We did not flush