Further Taxonomic Notes on the White-Crowned Sparrow

but a few times (November 21 and 27, 1949, and March 4, 1950), I heard a rhythmical four-syllabled "chee, chee, thee, thee," ea11 which was repeated again and again. This species seems fond of bathing, and I have observed two different types of this behavior. During a heavy rainstorm, a warbler will frequently perch in an exposed place and, with spread tail and trembling wings, will let the rain go all over its body. This behavior is alternated with periods of preening. The Yellow Warbler also takes what I call "rubbing baths," a habit characteristic of several kinds of hummingbirds. For instance, after a heavy shower on November 8, 1948, I saw a Yellow. Warbler fluttering over the drenched leaf of a frangipani (Plumiera rubra) and rubbing the ruffed-out feathers of its belly over the leaf.--F. HAV•RSCUamT, P.O. Box 644, Paramaribo, Surinam.