FREDERIC H. KENNARD, " ' " 



Landscape Architect. 



8s Devonshire Sired, 

 BOSTON, - MASS. 



3oston, Mass., Jan, 190 2. 



Mr. TJalter Deane, 



145 Battle St., Carabridge. 

 My Dear !.:r. Deane 



In aocordance v/lth my conversation with you Honday 

 night, I will noTs- proceed to sift that Prothonotary Warbler ousiness to 

 the bottom. I find in my notes the following:- "Prothonotary ^"raroler, 

 (Prothonotaria oitria) June 1b, l^i^o. Haw what I tafe to oe a Pro- 

 thonotary Warbler at Riverside, L'ass. He sang loudly, clearly and 

 vei^y sweetly, and seaned to li:'ce a partioiilar place by the side of the 

 river, for when I returned later in the day he was still there, out on 

 the opposite side of the river. 



June 19. Watched this fellow for half an hour at his old haunts. 

 Gould find no nest, nor did hn seem to be disturbed by my presence. He 

 W8S quite tame, only keeping Just out of my way. 



June ?0. Shot him. A fine male. Could find no nest, or see no 

 mate. He was in his aocustorned haunts. 



June Went with i:r. Brewster and lool^ed again for nest or mate of 

 this bird. Conclusion - Old baiJchelorr^ 



¥ith regard to the pjblished notices of this bird both in the 

 "0. and 0." of July, 1890, snd in L'r. Brewster's edition of Kinot's 

 "Land Birds and Game Birds of Wew England," the following remar-lcs seem 

 to be admissible^jfjSs I remember it^ I happened to be in Webster's 



