of trees. Its flight tipping and once it made a 
Queer zig zeg before it lit. 
Heard the blue-gray gnat catcher again but 
°ould not find it although I hunted. It was about 
f ive rods from where I saw it first. 
Then a black-throated blue warbler sang. It 
&ave to slightly different songs. It ended some- 
thing like virens does. It kept its wings hanging 
its sides and did not travel as much as the rest 
°f them, although it was restless. I did not see it 
° n the ground but frequently it lit on the bark of 
the trees. Its song were wee see wee see wee see 
^ee__seeee__zt, ending in a harsh trill and wee si 
t y wee si ty wee si ty wee s-s-ity with a note after! 
•Eetrill. 
Palm warblers were quite thick. They hunted on 
the ground almost entirely. Occasionally hopping 
°uto the trunk of a tree or flying up to about 
wenty feet to sing a few times before going on 
t^ith their feeding. They were rather quarrelsome. 
ppied down a new song. Others were sometimes 
jingled with it. Keupte keup te keup te keup te 
QUpe keupo . Two tree sparrows were hopping 
a round feeding in the water of a little ditch. 
A male Louisisana water-thrush came chasing 
pother one, both calling angrily and lit close by. 
hey flew immediately on seeing me. 
A male black and white warbler came ne:<t. He 
s aug and called. His wings seemed to have a 
8 light tint of brown near the tips. 
A myrtle warbler chased a moth and it hid in 
the hark of tree. The bird clung to the bark and 
looked around keenly for it. The moth becoming 
r ightened dashed out and was immediately captured. 
Then I heard the song of the black-throated 
S^een warbler and followed it up. Altho^h I knew 
e song I did not recognize the bird at once. The 
ong was like er tze er hert tse to my ear. It 
"us a woodsy buzzing trill not “beautiful but 
v ® G8 iflg to the ear. He was very restless and 
aa a curious habit of flitting his wings like a 
by-crowned kinglet. For a call note he gave 
and " hen ali ‘ rn,9Cl at "V ‘■lowing Mu a S h„p 
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