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are very closely related. They probably frequent open wood- 

 land and orchards, and display a like agility in capturing their 

 prey among the higher branches. 



(d). Their song Dr. Gambel "describes as commencing in 

 a low, sweet trill, and ending in tshe-up." "Their usual note 

 is a sharp chip." 



Dr. Brewer thinks that Audubon's .account of this bird is 

 incorrect, but whether that is the case or not I do not know. 



Bonaparte, in his continuation of Wilson's Ornithology, 

 says : " During winter, the Orange-crowned Warbler is one 

 of the most common birds in the neighbourhood of St. Augus- 

 tin, Florida, almost exclusively frequenting the 'orange trees. 

 Their manners resemble those of the kindred species, though 

 they have a remarkable habit of constantly inflecting the tail 

 like the Pewee. The note consists of a chuck, and a faint 

 squeak, but little louder than that of a mouse/' 



(E) PEREGRIN A. Tennessee Warbler. 



(A very rare migrant through Massachusetts, though a sum- 

 mer-resident in northern New England.) 



(a). About 4f inches long. Above, yellow-tinted olive- 

 green, with modifications. Superciliary line and under parts, 

 white (or yellowish). 9 duller above. (See synopsis, p. 81.) 



(6). The nest and eggs are essentially like those of the 

 Nashville Warbler, though the eggs vary, and exhibit certain 

 peculiar forms, and though the nest is "often placed in woods." 



(c) . The Tennessee Warblers are extremely rare in Eastern 

 Massachusetts, and are nowhere common in New England, 

 except in a few northern localities, such as Lake tlmbagog, 

 where they are summer-residents. They journey through this 

 State in the latter part of May, and again about the middle of 

 September. I have met them here twice in open woodland ; 

 Mr. Maynard shot four males, on apple-trees in Newtonville, 

 between the 18th and 24th of Ma}^, 1869 ; a pair were shot by 

 Mr. William Brewster, near Mt. Auburn on high oak trees ; 

 and Mr. Allen has "taken it repeatedly at Springfield, where 

 he has always esteemed it rare." Audubon considered these 



