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GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS (Maryland Yellow-Throat). 



Like its brother species, preferring underbrush along streams, where 

 its hearty song may be heard through the early summer. Its nest is 

 rather large and bulky, very carefully hidden, which accounts for non- 

 success in finding them. 



EMPIDONAX TRAILLI (Traill's Flycatcher). 



A rather melancholy little inhabitant of woodlands, where its lie- 

 ivink, he-wink, is more often the only indication one may have of its 

 presence. The nest of this and the next has not been observed as yet. 



EMPIDONAX FLAVIVENTRIS, (Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher). 



A rare little bird here, scarcely distinguishable from the last, but 

 whose habits are different. Its note is a soiX. pe-a, slowly repeated. 



COCCYGUS ERYTHROPHTHALMUS (Black-BiUed Cuckoo). 



Not observed here until this season, and then in some numbers, but 

 not so abundant as the Yellow-Billed Cuckoo. The nest is very similar, 

 but prefers low bushes, and the eggs are somewhat darker. 



SPIZELLA PALLIDA (Clay-Colored Sparrow). 



An early comer, frequenting copses and woods, not very common. 

 We have not seen its nest, but it certainly nests here, as it may be 

 found late in the summer. 



DENDROECA AESTIVA (Summer Warbler). 



One of the liveliest little songsters of the orchard or the wood, mak- 

 ing a pretty, gleaming spot, as it flits from tree to tree in the spring ; its 

 nest is a neat, compact little structure, usually saddled in the fork of a 

 bush near the ground. 



HELMINTHOPHILA CHRYSOPTERA (Golden-winged Warbler). 



A beautiful little being, inhabiting shrubbery and underbrush, where 

 it gleams like a thing of gold, as it darts amid the pale green verdure. 

 The nest has not, as yet, been observed. 



