AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



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The female differs only in being duller colored, and in having the 

 black patch only faintly indicated or sometimes entirely lacking. 



HABITS. 



This sprightly little Warbier is one of the rarest of the family in 

 America, Most of the specimens that have been taken were found on 

 the Florida Keys. They have also been taken in Florida, South Caro- 

 lina, Louisiana and Missouri. Their habits are very similar to those of 

 the Blue-winged Warbier, they being found usually near the ground. 

 Like all others of the genus, they are active and continually searching 

 among the roots and lowerbranches for insects and occasionally darting 

 out into the air after passing ones very much after the manner of many 

 of the Flycatchers. 



BACH:\rAX WARBLERS. 

 [Male aiid Female.] 



