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By the gravel pit I startled a very handsome warbler which I did not recognize at first but finally made it out to be a Magnolia Warbler. I took the following description - broad white patch on wing and much white on tail, underparts yellow streaked with black forming a necklace on breast; Cheeks black bordered by white; rump yellow; crown and neck grey; back black. The white on the tail showed conspicuously in flight. It was a very restless bird but once it sat still near the ground preening its feathers for some time. Thus giving me a good look at it. It was silent. It hunted low down but the cold

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weather keeping the insects low would account for this. It would only let me get about thirty feet away when it would move on.

While watching the Magnolia I heard a rapid song which ended in a low [[underline]]chuck bur[[/underline]] and a strange bird came chasing another along the ground twisting and turning and singing as it came. The pursuer lit almost at my feet and remained still long enough for me to secure the following description; upper parts dull olive green; crown with dull orange patch; underparts dull yellows indistintly streaked. At first sight I took it for an Ovenbird by then I knew it for the Orange-crowned