FAMILY Mniotilitde. 
the puzzle resolves itself into a realization that one has 
actually “run up against” a new bird!* There is no 
doubt about it, quite suddenly occurs this: and 
Vivace. 
Thrice 8va 
Ls 
one cannot place it to the credit of any other Vireo than 
the Philadelphian; Mr. Brewster describes it perfectly: “A 
note which seems to be peculiarly its own, a very abrupt, 
double-syllabled utterance with a rising inflection, which 
comes in with the general song at irregular but not infre- 
quent intervals.” All things considered this Vireo’s song 
is not a difficult one to identify. 
Family Mniotiltide 
Worm-eating This is asouthern Warbler of very unusual 
ah aed ; occurrence farther north than the lower 
ermilnero 7 3 
vermmaoorus Hudson and Connecticut River Valleys. It 
L. s.so inches is not uncommon at Ossining, New York, 
May roth but is rarely discovered in the central and 
western parts of the State. It is a familiar summer resi- 
dent of Washington, D. C. The strongly black-striped 
head makes identification easy: the upper parts are olive 
green, the under parts creamy buff, head striped with 
buff and black, two black bars through the eyes and two 
on the crown, no wing-bars. Nest, built of leaves, grasses, 
and moss, lined with softer material, situated on the 
ground, usually hidden among ferns and small shrubbery, 
in or near a swamp. Egg, white or creamy white flecked 
with umber or cinnamon brown and lavender. The breed- 
ing territory of this species is Illinois, western Pennsyl- 
vania, southeastern New York, and southern Connecticut 
* Vide, Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. V., p. 3; 
note Mr. Brewster’s confusing experience. 
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