Birdsof KalamazooOoun^.li^«>»^ 

 Or-MorriBOibbB. 



25 [74] JI^/uVrfift« «'(m(Lmn.) Vicill. iiUcW- 

 ■ Ana-white Creeper.-An-ives from April 32 to 

 ^U^ 10 Pi map Illy ti uiMcnt init i ftw umxm 

 during Summer. One nest found by Dennis 

 ^olm contuiicd tliui V'™-, ^ iddlcd c.^. 

 It IS bmlt b^ the suU ot i d<< nul lo« on the 

 H.und md « IS ,nilM'<>s<d m its body of j;npt 

 \nu bukmd dii.duiipU l(i\cs md ^\ \s Imtd 

 %Mtli loots hui Hid IliK ,iipc^mt biilv stiips 

 Ihe ncsl w 19 tound tluim, the Ust week m Ally 

 in a liig-h beech and maple woods. 



The soni;- of tliis bird, if we may call the notes 

 I son., is'c /' "/ /'/'/'/ '/'//' /"/ 

 , lupi/' riK ( ill 11 il> 0 I /, <l In I : I I I ' I 

 , / (11 /v/ sf/ it I I I t I 1 ipidh utltied 



Sometuucs lieu i simple tutet twcek oi 

 p e e e t uttered in a lower key than the usual call. 



O.^O. X.Mar.lBSo.p.'?^ 



Tlxe Sinaring of Birds. E.P.Bicknell. 



Mniotilta varia. Black-and-white Creeping Warbler. 



With this species, singing continues from its arrival in late 

 April until the end of June. In some years I have not heard its 

 song at all in July ; in other years it sings occasionally up to the 

 end of that month. The second song-period begins about the 

 middle of August (9th to 22nd) , and may last for a few days only, 

 or for over two weeks ; concluding dates fall between August 18 

 and 28. An exceptional date for song is September 23, 1879, 

 when one of these birds was heard to sing perfectly several suc- 

 cessive times. Final departure occurs five or six weeks after the 

 cessation of song. Auk, I, July. 1884. p. Z/O. 



