of the new pond of Wyoma. Their respective haunts 
were not far apart—perhaps one or two hundred yards. 
I used to hear or see these birds in about the same places 
off and on for about a month. On or about June 10th they 
were missing from this particular territory and at the 
same time one made itself known on a bluff across the pond 
about Vs of a mile distant. Also about this time I dis¬ 
covered the presence of a Prairie Warbler down on Cliff 
Street about a mile distant from the spot where I saw the 
first birds. 
Although this bird is called a “Warbler/’ the notes I 
have so far heard are more like those of the katydid than 
of a bird. For awhile it seemed to me that I could make 
about eight notes, the first five of which varied but slightly 
in pitch, the last three ascending very rapidly. Later I 
discovered one bird that appeared to give forth as many 
as twelve or thirteen notes in its song. I also noticed 
that the notes of one particular bird were much clearer 
than the ordinary note of these Warblers. In other words, 
the “z” sound was not so pronounced. Early in the season 
I was able to approach very closely to one of these birds 
and saw him catching a mayfly. He seemed to perform 
that trick much after the fashion of the flycatcher family. 
Later on I discovered one picking off the green worms 
which infest the oak tree, and these he gobbled down with 
great gusto. One thing I noticed in particular, that the 
bird generally chooses a dead limb on which to perch. 
On June 25th I determined to make a search for the nest 
of this Warbler. Just beyond Pratt’s Pines, a stately 
grove back of St. Mary’s Cemetery overlooking the new 
pond, is an undergrowth of oaks, pines and gray birch 
with here and there a clump of blueberry bushes. To the 
left the land slopes down to an arm of the pond and half 
way down the slope is Snake Well. In walking along the 
brow of this slope I was suddenly attracted by the chirp¬ 
ing of some small birds. Thinking that I might have 
accidently stepped near a nest, I looked around carefully 
among the bushes, but could find nothing that bore any 
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