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which we have just described, it affects a fondness 

 for retired situations, where among the low bushes 

 of low lands, and the snvill trees and underbrush 

 of wooded hillsides, it is busy gleaning- from 

 morning until nicrht. It is exceedingly shy and 



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contrives to keep out of the way of danger. It 

 possesses many of the attributes oi the Muscica- 

 pid&, and like mltraius exhibits much energy and 

 spirit in catching its prey on the wing. It is at 

 the same time both terrestrial and arboreal. 



Its flight is low, gliding and tolerbly protracted. 



In the intervals of feeding, it is occasionally 

 heard to utter a loud chattering song which Wilson 

 was pleased to characterize as a "sharp, squeaking 

 note, in nowise musical." Mr. Nuttall who dis- 

 played such a happy faculty in expressing the syl- 

 labic languages of birds, calls it a "little, cheerful 

 songster, the very counterpart of our brilliant and 

 cheerful Yellow Bird," and describes its songr as 



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lesemblino- 'tsh-tsh-isl.ea. The call is short and 



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far from being loud. 



The following insects constitute a small fraction 

 of its bill of fare:- -Donacia confluenta, Haiti c a 

 chalyleci, Cymindis viridipennis, Donacia metallic a y 

 Musca domes tic a, Scatopliaga furcata, Aphis mali, 

 Apis nielli jica, Andreiicz, Halicii, Selandria rosce, 

 Anisopteryx vcrnata, Colias philodice, Eufiichia 

 ribearia in their larval state and mature forms, 

 with many of the early Noctuid& and Tineidce; 

 besides ants and small spiders. 



This species breeds in high northern latitudes, 



