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36. Canadian Warbler. A [male] singing in our Run May 21 [May 21, 1916], two [males] heard there
on the 26th [May 26, 1916] and two more along the Bigelow Road on the 28th [May 28, 1916] were literally
all the birds of this species noted by me the present season. Hitherto there has
always been a breeding pair in Davis Swamp and usually another in the swamp
behind Ball's Hill but I failed to detect their presence in either locality
during visits to both made in June.

37. Redstart. Arrived May 11 [May 11, 1916]. During the next two weeks I noted single
birds almost daily at our Farm. Three were seen there on the 26th [May 26, 1916] and two,
apparently a mated pair, on the 27th [May 27, 1916]. After that there was only a presumably
bachelor [male] not always present and shifting from place to place whenever he
reappeared. Almost certainly the species failed to nest anywhere in our
immediate neighborhood this year although formerly accustomed to do so
abundantly at Ball's Hill & at the Farm.

38. Red-eyed Vireo. First noted on May 13 [May 13, 1916]. No obvious migration of birds
passing further north. During the latter half of May and the whole of
June two [males] sang daily in tree tops near our house. There must have 
been at least three or four more in woodland lying between it &
Birch Field with perhaps as many on and near Ball's Hill although
my notes record six as the greatest number certainly heard in all
these localities during a single day. Only one nest found.

39. Solitary Vireo. Arrived May 3 [May 3, 1916]. On the 20th [May 20, 1916] & 21st [May 21, 1916] two males
were singing in Pulpit Rock woods. After that no more than one was
ever heard there. He shifted his ground from time to time & was
never seen accompanied by a mate but remained in or near these woods
through June & in full song up to July 7 [July 7, 1916]. I heard another [male] at
Blakeman Ridge (near Ball's Hill) on May 25 [May 25, 1916] and still another in
woods bordering the Bigelow Road, on May 28 [May 28, 1916].