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144. Dendroica castanea

145. Dendroica pennsylvanica

146. Dendroica virens

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heard and seen them frequently but never distinguished them from the spotted before.

There were a number of Soras here in water about four or five inches deep. They made long flights for them in order to gain the shelter of the Willows. I shot one.

May 8 Sunday.

144. Dendroica castanea. A. Wetmore. Half Moon Woods, North Freedom, Wis, iris brown, bill black. lighter on sides of Mandible. tarsus slate. Length 5 1/8 wing 3 tail 2. [[male symbol]] ad. Stomach contents small insects.

145. Dendroica pennsylvanica. A. Wetmore. Half Moon Woods. North Freedom, Wis., iris brown. bill, maxilla black. mandible except black tip slaty white. tarsus brownish slate. Length 4 7/8 wing 2 5/8 tail 1 15/16. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents small insects.

146. Dendroica virens. A. Wetmore Half Moon Woods. North Freedom Wis., iris drab. bill black. tarsus black. Length 4 3/4. wing 2 5/8 tail 1 3/4. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents small insects.

This morning after breakfast I went over in the Half Moon Woods. I took my collecting pistol. It was raining intermittently all the while. During the showers the Warblers kept down in the gooseberry bushes but as soon as the rain ceased they went higher into the trees. At the very edge of the woods I shot a male Bay-breasted Warbler in a thornapple tree. This was the only one I saw. 

Chestnut sided Warblers were present in great numbers. I secured two. Almost every other one was sure to belong to this species. I also shot a Black-throated green Warbler. 

One bird I chased around for some time before I finally identified it as a Canadain Warbler. It kept so