Dendrooca blackburniae. 
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Dendroeca blackburniae. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). i 
1871. 
May 3G- 
Juno 10. 
Although common this species vms not nearly so 
abundant as the Bay-breasted Black and Yellov; and Cape 
May V/arblors. A female shot Juno 9 had not begun incu- 
bati^go 
1872. ' 
June 2~5 
Very numerous and evidently migrating, small compan¬ 
ies being found everyv/hero, often in thickets and brush i 
piles by the roadside. After June 5 they became settled i 
for the season, ! 
1874. ' 
1 
Aug. 6 . 
Shot one in first plumage, and apparently just from 
the nest, in a mixed flock of Warblers among second 
growth birch and poplar. 
“ 8. 
Most of the young are now in full fall plumage. 
1876. 
May 27. 
Very abundant to-day and I frequently hoard six or 
seven males singing at once. Their song is somewhat 
like that of Parula and may bo represented by the syla- 
blos tsoep, tseep, tse-tse-tse. v/-ith the last three 
notes on a higher key than the first tv/o. 
29. 
(D noticed to-day that those ’varblers have retired 
to the tree-tops, and that each male kept to his ovm 
domain and defended it against all invaders. 
“ 30. 
The v/eather became suddenly cold again last night 
and those Warblers were again collected into flocks this 
morning, keeping near the ground in sheltered, sunny 
nooks. 
1879. 
May 22. 
A single bird near poplar tavern. 
“ 24. 
A single female yesterday. About a dozen of both 
sexes to-day; the males in full song. 
" 27. 
Three adult males hopping about in a tree top v/'ith 
other Warblers, occasionally even descending to the 
ground. 
“ 29. 
Dui inga a trip up Cambridge River to the sluice 
this h^arbler was the most abundant species observed. 
One male was singing in a very unusual manner its notes 
resembling those of D.tigrina. 
June 3. 
Not only the most abundant of the genus here this 
season taut actually outnumbering all the other Svlvicoli- 
dao put together. 
A female shot to-day evidoratly would not have bred 
for sometime. 
