Pindar, Birds, of Fulton County, Kentucky. 



[October 



The following were characteristic of certain birds only and 

 noted to be the same on several different occasions. One bird 

 regularly repeated the trill of the Chipping Sparrow after its own, 

 with no variations unless slightly shortened. Two others were 

 often heard to repeat a song reminding me strongly of one of the 

 Parula Warbler's, but they repeated their own much more fre- 

 quently than this. 



During the height of the season H.-pinus may be heard repeat- 

 ing its song with great regularity from four to five times per min- 

 ute, by the hour, with scarcely a break. This is to be noticed 

 during the extreme heat of midday just the same as at other times, 

 its search for insects being at the same time uninterrupted. I 

 have quite often heard them during hard showers, not an occa- 

 sional repetition merely, but with a persistent regularity. This 

 applies to H. leucobronchialis, and presumably to H. chrysoftera 

 as well, except that in the two latter only two or three repetitions 

 per minute is the rule. Nearly two entire songs of the latter 

 can be rendered in the time occupied by H. finus for one. In 

 many of these birds there is a tendency to extreme shyness upon the 

 slightest attempt at familiarity, and often without any provo. 

 cation, as I have many times been made aware. On many occa- 

 sions my best endeavors have been unequal to the task of closely 

 scrutinizing the author of any of these songs unless I had the 

 patience to watch him from one to three hours, and even then a 

 field glass would be necessary to see him clearly. 



Even H. finus may be called rare by those who possess excel- 

 lent eyesight, provided they have ears poorly trained, and I will 

 venture the assertion that nine out of every ten birds will escape 

 them. I have more than once seen proof of this in those who 

 were desirous of becoming well acquainted with the species. 



Oct. . less. p. 564- 



LI&X-iDZ.,TH£^BLD^ OF FULTON COUNTY, 

 KENTUCKY. 



BY L. OTLEY PINDAR. 



Fulton County Hes in the extreme southwestern corner of 

 Kentucky. Nearly all the notes from which this list is composed 



