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with dull yellowish-white, most broadly on the latter; two transverse bands of pale- 
yellowish across the wings, formed by the tips of the secondary and primary coverts, 
succeeded by a brown one; tail light-brown, margined externally like the back; 
upper mandible light-brown above, pale-yellow beneath. In autumn, the lower 
parts are more yellow. 
Length, five and sixty-five one-hundredths inches; wing, three; tail, two and 
seventy-five one-hundredths inches. 
Hab. — Eastern United States to the Mississippi. 
This bird is a rare summer inhabitant of any of the New- 
England States, seldom coming so far north. I have had 
no opportunities of observing its habits, and can give no 
description from my own observation. Mr. Allen says that 
it breeds in swamps and low moist thickets, which are its 
exclusive haunts. 
Giraud, in his “ Birds of Long Island,” says, ‘“ In habits, 
it is solitary ; generally seen on the lower branches of the 
largest trees; utters a quick, sharp note; arrives among us 
in the latter part of May, and retires southward early in 
September.” 
I have no nest, but understand that it resembles that of 
the Least Flycatcher. Five eggs before me, furnished by 
J. P. Norris, Esq., of Philadelphia, are of a pale creamy- 
white color, with a few thin spots of reddish-brown scattered 
over their larger end. They vary in size from .78 inch in 
length by about .56 inch in breadth, to .72 inch in length 
by .55 inch in breadth. The form is like that of H#. traillit ; 
but the spots are larger and more numerous. 
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