THE HOODED WARBLER. 245 
MYIODIOCTES, Aupupon. 
Myiodioctes, AUDUBON, Syn. (1839), 48. (Type Motacilla mitrata.) 
Bill depressed, Flycatcher like; broader than high at the base; gape with bristles 
nearly as long as the bill, which is distinctly notched at tip; both outlines gently 
convex; tarsi longer than the head, considerably exceeding the middle toe; claws 
all considerably curved; tail decidedly rounded or slightly graduated; the lateral 
feathers one-fifth of an inch shorter; wing very little longer than the tail; the first 
quill decidedly shorter than the fourth; colors yellow. 
MYIODIOCTES MITRATUS. — Audubon. 
The Hooded Warbler. 
Motacilla mitrata, Gmelin. Syst. Nat., I. (1788) 977. 
Sylvia mitrata, Nuttall. Man., I. (1882) 8738.. Aud. Orn. Biog., IT. (1834) 68. 
Sylvania mitrata, Nuttall. Man., I. (2d ed., 1840) 338. 
Muscicapa cucullata, Wilson. Am. Orn., III. (1811) 101. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Male.— Bill black; feet pale-yellow; head and neck all round, and fore part of 
the breast, black; a broad patch on the forehead extending round on the entire 
cheeks and ear coverts, with the under parts, bright-yellow; upper parts and sides 
of the body olive-green; greater portion of inner web of three outer tail feathers 
white. 
Female similar; the crown like the back; the forehead yellowish; the sides of 
the head yellow, tinged with olive on the lores and ear coverts. 
Length, five inches; wing, two and seventy-five one-hundredths; tail, two and 
fifty-five one-hundredths inches. 
This bird is so extremely rare in New England, that it 
can be regarded only as a straggler. It has been known to 
occur in Connecticut, but its regular habitat is more a 
southern one. Audubon describes its habits as follows : — 
“The Hooded Flycatcher is one of the liveliest of its tribe, and 
is almost continually in motion. Fond of secluded places, it is 
equally to be met with in the thick cane-brakes of the high or low 
lands, or amid the rank weeds and tangled rushes of the lowest 
and most impenetrable swamps. You recognize it instantly, on 
seeing it; for ‘the peculiar graceful opening and closing of its broad 
tail distinguishes it at once, as it goes on gambolling from bush to 
bush, now in sight, now hidden from your eye, but constantly 
within hearing. 
