h' 
Dondroeca blaekburniao. Cl^ 
Maine (Lake Umbagog) . 
11)71, 
May 30- 
Juno 10. 
Although common this npocies was not nearly so 
a un-t : an t.'-e lay- roasted ' 1 ic 3c ad tic ar d Capo 
r >1 rs« A fomalo shot Juno 9 had not begun - 
bating. 
1372. 
Juno : -5 
Very numerous anti evidently migrating, small compan¬ 
ies being found everywhere, of to a. in ' ic.’cots and brush 
piles by ■■ roadsido. After Juno 5 they bo cart o settled 
or the season, 
1374. 
r 
Aug. 6. 
Sa.ot, one in C i.i*st plumage, md nppnro; b.ly just from 
tho nost, in a mixed flock of Warblers among second 
growth birch and poplar. 
« o 
Most of tho young are now in full 11 plumage , 
1870. 
May 27. 
Very abundant to— day and C frogue ■ . ly 1. oard six or 
seven males singing at onco. Their song is sonnv/hat 
like that of Parula and may bo roprouontod by the syla- 
bles tseop, t.soop, tso-tso-ftso with the last, three 
notes on a higher key than tho first two , 
« 29. 
ffi noticed to-: a that these warblers have r 5 tired 
to the tr ■' >-tops, and ma l » kep t o his 
domain and defended it agr inst -.11 invaders. 
“ 30. 
The weather became suddenly cold again last night 
and those Warbler® wore again collected into flocks 'this 
morning., keeping near the ground in sheltered, sunny 
nooks . / 
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