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1898
May 18
(No. 6)
We saw at least six of them.

One of the pretty sights & sounds of the day
was the Wilson’s Black cap Warbler, Sylvania
pusilla. The first one I saw was in the
bushes by the river bank. The sun was
shining clearly upon him and we got
very near and watched him a long time.
He was flitting about from twig to twig
tossing his little glossy black head up
every few seconds and uttering his sweet
little warble. He was as dainty a little
creature as I ever saw in the setting
of fresh green leaves among which he was
dancing about. We afterwards saw or heard
five others.

We saw and heard one specimen of his
generic relative Sylvania canadensis,
the Canadian Warbler showing his necklace
of black spots from his perch on the tree.

Veerys were uttering their call notes
everywhere during the day. We saw or heard
some fifteen of them.

I was much interested in the peculiar
song of the Dendroica caerulescens, Black-
throated Blue Warbler. I got a fine
view of one for some time and watched