130 
1871. 
May 30“ 
June 10. 
1872. 
Juno 3- 
14. < 
3. 
1873. 
Aug. 9. 
1874. 
July 30. 
1876. 
June 15. 
1879. 
May 24. 
Juno 1. 
Dendroeca castanea. 
Maine (LaJco Umbagog ). 
More abundant than any other bird in this locality. 
Found evoryv/hero in the vroods (except in the denser 
arbor—vitao sy/amps ) but most numerous in mixed grov^ths. 
They kept chiefly in the very tops of the highest spru¬ 
ces, and as they frequently sang fifteen minutes or more 
in'-one place v/ithout apparenjfly moving, they were most 
difficult to find arid shoot. In motions they wore slovr 
and sluggish like that Black Poll Warbler, but unlike 
that species v/ero never fat. We seldom saw them in 
deciduous trees. Their song was a shrill, feeble, 
times, and varied 
cheeping note,-repeated three cr four 
considerably in different individuals. Sometimes it vras 
a simple z_eo-zee-zee like that of the Golden-crest King¬ 
let, at others more musical and v/arbling, closely resem¬ 
bling those of the Redstart. Tyro nests vrore found, both 
placed near the extremity of horizontal spruce branches 
about tvrenty leet above t he ground. They vrere large 
and bulky, and scarcely distinguishable from those of 
the Purple Finch. One contained tvro fresh eggs June 
another three fresh eggs June 9. 
Abundant and migrating up to June 5. After this 
date their numbers were reduced one half, although num¬ 
bers remained to breed. The' difference bety/oon the song 
of this species and that of .D, tig;rin a is subtle but ^is- 
tinculy marked. The notes are fev/er, rarely exceeding 
three repetitions of the word zee 
Shot a young bird in first plumage. 
Shot one in first plumage. 
Abundant on the south shore of the Moadov/s in a 
growth of rather young spruces. 
About six of both sexes, apparently not paired. 
Males singing. 
This species, like the Cape May and Tennessee War¬ 
blers, seems to have entirely deserted this region. At 
least tnose seen near the Lake House May 26 have disap¬ 
peared. Yesterday £ visited a spot vdiere they abounded 
in 1876, but not one could bo found, nor vras it either 
seen or heard during my trip up Cambridge River, May 29. 
A male singing on B Point. 
