Notes on Birdeof Winchendon, Mase 

 William Brewster. 



Dendroica maculosa.-This Warbler breeds in about the same numbers 

 as the Yellow-rump. Both species were nearly sure to be seen daily, but 

 It was unusual to find more than one pair of either in any single tract of 

 woods, however large. The favorite haunts of the Black-and-yellow, 

 here, as in northern New England, are swamp edges, woodpaths, or bor- 

 ders of openings where the undergrowth is more or less intermixed with 

 young spruces and balsams. In such a place-within about ten yards of 

 a woodpath— we found a nest June 15, 

 eggs. This nest was typical in positio 

 small spruce at a height of about fiv 

 from Maine nests of this species only : 

 largely of horse hair with, however, £ 



containing four nearly fresh 

 •n, being placed near the top of a 

 e feet. In construction it differed 

 in respect to the lining, which was 

 e of black rootlets. 



Auk, V, Oct., 1888. p. 391 



W. Middlesex Oo. Mas^, 



Jun« 25-30, 1S89. 



Ashby, As^'b um haia, "t "^atat ic On Mt '■^fatatic these 



warblers v/erecQpfiDed to a t ract of pasture comprisme perhaps 

 thirty acres ;?r?gv/n up with young spruces of from six to twenty feet 

 high Which grew m thickets with open spaces between. This tract 

 extendeed appromimat ely from an elevation of 1000 to 1,600 feet. 

 In the dense forest of larger spruces v/hich coders the v/est side 

 of the mountain the Black Yellow,.Warbl er was not once obser-^ed. 

 One of the species was heard singing, however, m ', sp ruces'>*'"ai^ the 

 foot of the mountain m Ashburnham, and another v/as noticed by 

 ?'r. B'axon m a similar swamp perh^ s an eighth of a mile from the 

 mountain on the other side m Ashby. The elevation of both of thee 

 swamps, howe^e r, must har e been several hundred feet above that 

 of the town of Ashby. The bird was m full song during our stay. 



Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 

 F.W.Androa, 



Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.), Magnoli 

 bier. Migi-ant, rare. 



O.&O. XII. Sept. 1887 p.l 4i 



Bdfl. Obs. near Graylook Mt. Berkshire 

 Co. M&sa. June 28" July 16. W, Faxon 



55. Dendroica maculosa. Black-and-yellow Warbler. — Common. 

 Noted from about looo to 2200 feet. Prefers somewhat open country with 

 a second growth of spruce. Hence, although belonging to the Canadian 

 fauna more strictly than the Canadian Warbler, it is not so common at 

 high levels as the latter. 



Auk, VI. April, 1880. p.lo3 



