. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. cS8 THE SYCAMORE WARBLER. This is the first of the family to arrive in spring. It is always to be seen before the Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers make their appearance, some- times before the last snow and ice. I have seen them in considerable num- bers on the 13th of April, and have known of its occurrence as early as April 9th. When on their migrations they confine themselves almost exclusively to the trees which skirt the streams, and move northward by day with
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state. Birds -- Ohio. cS8 THE SYCAMORE WARBLER. This is the first of the family to arrive in spring. It is always to be seen before the Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers make their appearance, some- times before the last snow and ice. I have seen them in considerable num- bers on the 13th of April, and have known of its occurrence as early as April 9th. When on their migrations they confine themselves almost exclusively to the trees which skirt the streams, and move northward by day with con- siderable rapidity. During the whole day their characteristic song, tswee-a tsivee-a, tswee-a, tswee, tszvee, tswec, tu-zvee, may be heard, sometimes at a distance of a quarter of a mile, as the birds feed in the sycamore and elm trees. They are seldom seen in woodland, though they not infrequently visit the shade trees and gardens of the city. They are much more abundant during the spring migrations than at any other time. In this lo- cality it is not uncommon to see a dozen in a morning's walk, about one-third of which may be ; In marked contrast with the preceding is the fact thai there are no records of the bird's appearance in the re- cent annals of the Wheaton Club of this city. T have met with only one specimen in the state, a singing male. in a secluded hollow near Cincinnati, where it is still regarded as not uncommon The bird was seen 1 m April _'5th, 1003, before the foliage was fully out. and during the three hours ii was under examination it divided its time about evenly between a singli ash tree on the brink of the glen and the central sycamores shown in the illus- tration. The bird seemed to be gleaning insects from the swelling buds of the ash. but he paused frequently to throw bis head up and sing. The song was rather deliberate, high-pitched, emphatic, of a singularly penetrating quality, and unvaried in character, tswee. tswee. tszvee. tsw
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