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Vfilsonia pusilla. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
1872. 
Juno 2-5 
P erhaps half a dozen specimens in log-heaps and 
thickets along wood edges; none seen after June 5. 
1873. 
Aug, 23. 
Shot a young female in perfect fall plumage among 
the alders on the banks of Cambridge River about three 
miles above the dam. It was in a mixed flock of Warbler 
and probably came from further north, although I have no¬ 
ticed no indieations as yet, of any migration. 
1879. 
May 26. 
A single male with other Warblers in the plum orchard 
“ 27. 
A male in full song on a clump of firs on a hill¬ 
side pasture. 
“ 28. 
A male singing loudly and steadily in the plum or¬ 
chard in the garden early this morning. The song is 
very like that of the Nashville Wa-bler, but less flov/ing 
and more abrupt, in fact almost explosive in character. " 
It seemed to cost the bird a strong effort to produce it. 
1880. 
May 31. 
A male singing. 
1881. 
May 21. 
Shot a pair in a clump of v/illows, in a bog behind 
the house. 
