Excerpt from The Warbler, 1905, Vol. 1: A Magazine of North American Ornithology

I put in nearly two weeks studying the song and nesting habits of this interesting bird. The male is not timid and will allow close observation, and on account of his loud song and beautiful plumage is very noticeable.

He seems to throw his whole energy into his song. I have watched one sing nearly half an hour incessantly. Usually he will sing for five minutes, they feed a little, hopping from the top to the bottom of the tree, sometimes to the ground for a minute, then back to the top of the tree to resume his beautiful song. In singing his head is well thrown back, his throat will swell out and the music seems to intoxicate him.

The female has a chipping note similar to a female Song Sparrow. Although I have watched several males for hours I have never seen one feed a female on a nest.

The male usually sings on a Jack Pine tree, sometimes on an Oak, and one male sang on the top of a dead White Pine at an elevation of about sixty feet. The bird will sing on the top branch and continue singing to the low est branch, but never on the ground so far as my observations go.

This type set is now in the beautiful collection of Mr. John Lewis Childs, and as I dug out a goodly part of the sod with its surrounding vegetation and the nest and eggs in the centre with the two parents accompanying it, the group is, indeed, very interesting and unique.

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