Warbler migrating in "thlcX" weather. 



Concord, Mass. 



1895. Soon after darlc this evening I started up the Estabroo^ 



Aug. 17. road with the dogs. Just as I reached the open hill top be- 

 yond the BurriEs' I heard the faint chirp of a V/arbler in the 

 distance to the northward. A moment later it was repeated 

 nearer, then directly overhead with great distinctness and 

 finally faintly again to the South. There can be no doubt 

 that the bird was migrating and flying very low down. It 

 could not havre been long on its way for night had only just 

 closed in. Hence I am forced to conclude that this bird had 

 started on migration from some point well within the limits 

 of the area covered by the present storm. The weather here 

 this evening was what a sailor would call "thiclc" , the air 

 being filled with fine rain and the clouds hanging low. 

 There was scarcely any wind. 



