302 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Nuttall met with what lie presumes to have been one of these bn-ds in the 

 Botanical Garden at Cambridge. It had all the manners of the Yellow-Throat, 

 was busy in the search of insects in the low bushes, and, at intervals, warl^led 

 out some very pleasant notes, which partly resembled the lively chant of the 

 Trichas, and in some degree the song of the Summer Yellow-Bird. 



Professor Reinhardt states tliat two individuals of this species have been 

 taken in Greenland, — one in Fiskensesset, in 1846, and the other at Julian- 

 haab, in 1853. 



Mr. Turnbull gives it as still quite rare in Eastern Pennsylvania, arriving 

 there in the middle of May on its way farther north. Mr. Lawrence includes 

 it in his list of the birds of New York. Mr. Dresser obtained five speci- 

 mens early in May, in Southern Texas. 



It has been met with as far to the north as Greenland by lieinhardt, and 

 in Selkirk Settlement by Donald Gunn. It has been procured in Eastern 

 Mexico, in Panama, in Carlisle, Penn., Southern Illinois, Missouri, Nova 

 Scotia, and various other places. It has been known to breed in Waterville, 

 Me., and is not uncommon in Northwestern and Northern New York. A 

 single specimen of this bird was obtained at Ocana, in Colombia, South 

 America, by Mr. C. W. Wyatt. 



Late in May, 1838, 1 have a note of having met with this species in Mount 

 Auburn. The bird was fearless and unsuspecting, busily engaged, among 

 some low shrubbery, in s'earch of insects. It suffered our near presence, was' 

 often within a few feet, and was so readily distinguishable that my compan- 

 ion, with no acquaintance with birds, at once recognized it from Audubon's 

 plates. Its habits were the exact counterpart of those of the Yellow-Throat. 

 We did not notice its song. 



Mr. Maynard states that. May 21, 1866, Mr. William Brewster shot a male 

 of this species in Cand3ridge, on the top of a tall tree. Another specimen 

 was taken at Franconia JNIountains, New Hampshire, August 3, 1867. It was 

 in company witli four fully fledged young, which it was feeding. Tlie young 

 were shy, and could not be procured. The old bird was catching flies, after 

 the manner of Flycatchers. Mr. Maynard has met this species but once in 

 Massachusetts, and then in May, among low bushes and in a swampy place. 

 He has since found it rather common at Lake Umbagog, Maine, in June, where 

 it breeds. He states that it frequents the bushes along fences, stone walls, and 

 the edges of woods. The male often perches and sings in the early morning 

 on the top rail of a fence, or the dead branch of a tree. Its song he speaks 

 of as loud and clear, somewhat resembling that of the Seiurus novehoracensis. 



Mr. Paine considers this Warbler to be very rare in Vermont. He once 

 observed a pair, with their young, at Randolph. The male was singing a 

 quite pleasing, though somewhat monotonous song. 



Mr. George Welch met with tliese birds in the Adirondack region, New 

 York, in June, 1870. They seemed rather abundant, and were evidently 

 breeding there. He obtained a single specimen. 



