Holminthophila porogrina. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
1871. 
May 30“ Very cominon and generally distributed, being found 
Juno 10. every -where throughout the v;oods but especially in arbor- 
vitae swamps and thickets of young firs. They food 
high up in the tree-tops and v/ore very restless, rarely 
remaining long in one place, and frequently taking long 
flights. They sang freely at all times of tlio d^ . 
Frequently on wing, especially just before alighting af¬ 
ter a long flight, the song resembles that of the Nash¬ 
ville Warbler but is shriller and more prolonged and 
rapid. The female has a sharp chirp, precisely like 
that of the Nashville, ■, They were usually found nearer 
the ground than were the males. One shot Juno 7 v/as 
incubating, and several taken previously had laid all 
but one or two of their eggs. 
1873. 
Augo 12, Abundant along the banks of Cambridge River above 
the dam, associating vz-it?! other Warblers in large com¬ 
panies, and especially frequenting the alders and Vibur¬ 
nums overhanging the water. 
1874. 
July 28. Shot a young female in the firs behind the mill. 
Aug. 6.- At least tvzo-thirds of a iflock of mixed Warblers 
mot vzith to-day in second growth birch and poplar on the 
Tyler road were this species. They uttered a chirp 
very like that of the Nashville Warbler, and vzore shy 
r and restless. I shot four. 
1876. 
June 6. 
4. 1 
12 . 
*14.'; 
1879. I 
May 22. 
June ,1. 
1880. 
May 20. 
Three shot and a number seen and heard. I think 
there vzas a general arrival to-day. 
A male singing among the firs behind the mill. 
Two males singing on the edge of the Tyler Farm. 
A single male singing on the Tyler road. 
One heard a few miles above Bethel. 
Not a single specimen seen or heard as yet. 
Numbers between the dam and B Meadows on Cambridge 
River. 
1881. 
May 28. 
A male singing at the Tyler place; the only one 
seen this year. 
