iif^r- Pis.snv/vniiiEit! 



kircs find-'.e;ii^^|)vei'^4'^i^4iiMyiflufc'kf%H«(l«lieafh lth■iJR^\k'^lid«4^;L\ih_vl)t;fi■Wii>|i'•tjJMl^l'M)*•'" 



uM^tli{^teddtin.U[the'te'Je-ii^lii'tjii\vbhe)t%itfttli.!^yfM;'?^^ '-'*','iri.W^J;Vi^''fi?'fi<l'i':'*il'iiT'f''H'Wj''lJl''i^'C)'< oilier- 



\viiig coverts, but the yellow beneatli is more plainly perceittiltle Ilie youiii;' lemale is eiiti/?'ly shitv \>ri<\\]\ 



above, with thp white tips of the wing coverts scarcely (ibservable. Beneatli '" ' '-J'- ^' ■ ■' '• -' 



ai-c* i'cMtv 'iri'ktk w'ttli 'mil' : ir^illl'sN'tAvf. r'Hi.Hi;''M4^-A.:qigMciH a'f.Jt'l&; -i^ji. 



■i!-M\A I .■y\'}ib \ryy\d f'rijs Ji bfirl ct ij-nj'i '/ii! i^Inid wyifj 



I 



leneath. dirty wliife': the tail i'c,itliei-s 

 AH t»6' the lower iiiaiiililih,v I'lct, 



V 



i'-4H^'1)lilie;adkltS'St}a^st&>'MBfi(W«r!iIej'iie!S!H4Jt"i(V^ nith any 'ither nC the family, hut the 



ifuig female has so little reseivW>^Vf-'1j'^e''l^'?^}'>H\i'-'ti'^*' '*' ^* '-'''-'''" difficult i'or tlie student to recogiuize it. 

 It may be readily known, liowever, by its large size, stout bill and pure \\liite uiidir tail coverts, and spots 

 confined to one or two (^L\^ei'.,tajHeatliars. J^dorida specimens are rather brighter th.an iinrthern > nes. Ilabitt.t, 

 Eastern. United States^'nor'tfiloTjaTirador ; winters in the Southern states. Nit f luiid nii the Florida Me_\s. 



Ilireg^d?-^ fo'H^W sfifi'pife^d ajiift'aWttce of this species in the West Inilies see appendi.x. 7 W 

 ai si: liiiiri -ih Ion HjJ mwirio^ ' ^ 



DIMENSIONS. 



Average measurements of twenty-three specimens. lycngth. -"it-! : stretch. s,S' i : w iug. 'l.~'i : tail. L'. I 1 • 

 bilk .-tL' ; tarsus, .70. Longest specimen. ~i.7<); greatest extent of uings, !Min ; longest wing.:!. nil; ta.il. 

 '1:1b : bill. .-"iO ; tarsus, .77. Sliortest specimen, O.oi); smallest extent of wings, s. pi ; shnrtest wing. 'J L'li : 

 tail, -.t«l: bill, .40: tarsus .(i.""). 



DESCIMI'TION Ok NESTS AND E(;(;s. 



Nests usually i)laced in trees at some distance from the ground, fietpieiitly near the extremity of the 

 branches ; composed of grasses and pine leaves, lined with finer grasses., Dimcnsii iis : external diameter, 

 ■4.00 inches, internal, 2.. "iO ; external depth. 2 00 inches, internak 1 'lO. The following is a description of a 

 specimen taken by Mr. Brewster: " A nest which 1 collected in Cambridge, >Liss,, M.iy 2s. 1S72, contained 

 four fresh eggs, with one of the Cow Bink and was placed on a horizontal branch of the yellow pine near the 

 extremity, about fifteen feet from the ground and nearly the same distance from the main trunk of the tree. 

 It was fastened firmly in tlie center of three or four upright clusters of pine needles, and is extremely large 

 and bulky for the size of the bird. Coarse weed stalks and dry twigs firm the outer nest. Next coirie fine 

 roots, twine, and downy substances of various kinds, and finally, a thick bed of hirge white feathei's from 

 the domestic fowd, with a scanty lining of horse hairs. The dimensions are, inteinal diameter, 2 inches: 

 depth, 1.50. " 



Eggs, usually four in number, oval in form, bluish \\hite in color, spotted and blotched with brown and 

 umber; these spots usually form a ring arijund the larger end, but some s]iccimens ;ire spotted irregularly. 

 Dimensions from .75 by .SO to .(J7 by .48. 



HABITS. 

 While walking in the piny woods of Florida, one will snddenly ohserve that the ti'ee.s 

 over his head are Idled with hirds, where Init a moment before not a lixing thiiii:' was to 

 lie seen ; and his ears will he sainted hy a vai'iety of .sounds. Beside the lond, hu'sli notes 

 of the Woodpeckers or Nuthatches, and the mellow whistle of the Blnehiids tlie sIowl\- 

 o'iveu trill of the Pine Warltlers will occasionally l)e heard. There are huinlredsof these 

 little hirds in every passing tiock, ^et but few of them e\er sing. They are extremely 

 active, now searching for insects among the swjiying foliage of the i)ines high overhead, 

 then clinging to the trunks to peer into the crevices of the hark, or alighting on the 



