Helmlnthophlla ruf Icapllla . 

 Peterborough, New Hampshire. 



1898. Abimdant and very generally distributed but seen oftenest 



July 5 in siiruco-grovvn pastures and thiclcets bordering roadsides or 

 to' 



Aug. 15. socond-grov;th woods. Previous experience has led me to be- 

 lieve that this species, like H. ohrvso'Dtera , does not sing of- 

 ten or freely after the close of June but here it continued 

 in full song up to July 21st when I heard it for the last time 

 (July 7^, ll^', 12^-, 18k, 20^, 21.^). On July 2Srd I found 



two young vmich had nearly completed their autmanal plumage. 



1899. A male heard singing on July 4, 7 & 14 and a young bird 

 July seen on the siommit of Pack MonadnocL: August 6 were the only 

 August. individuals noted this suimuer. The bird heard on July 14th 



(near Abbott Thayer's feouse at Dublin, N.H. ) sang on wing 

 mounting at an angle of some 45 degrees to a height of about 

 100 feet. Just as it cleared the trees tops (pitch pines) it 

 began chipping; next followed six or eight short, full, rather 

 liquid notes' then the normal song at the close of which the 

 bird shot downward to the earth. 



