OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. I I I 



pini, Donacia metallica, Formica sanguined, Apis 

 mellifrca, Tabanns lincola, Scalophaga furcata, 

 Tipula ferruginea, and the common earthworm. 

 It is evident from the many terrestrial beetles 

 which add materially to its diet, that it is far from 

 being exclusively arboreal. During its autumnal 

 stay, the seeds of various weeds and grasses, with 

 the berries { Juniperus Virginiana are eagerly 

 devoured. 



We can find no evidence that this Warbler 

 breeds in the United States, although it is highly 

 probable that future explorations will show that it 

 does so in our northeastern States, to a limited 

 extent. Neither Wilson, Nuttall, nor Audubon 

 appears to have met with its nest, although the 

 latter received one from Prof. McCulloch, of 

 Halifax. 



To Dr. Brewer, of Boston, we are indebted for 

 a description of its nest. Early in July, 1855, he 

 obtained a nest of this species in Parsboro, Nova 

 Scotia. It was located upon a low bush in the 

 heart of a small village. The smaller branches of 

 the horizontal limb upon which it reposed were 

 interwoven into its structure, thus strengthening 

 it materially. Exteriorly, it was formed of fine 

 stalks of grasses, and slender twigs and roots; 

 within of fine grasses, downy feathers, and the 

 hair of small mammals. It measured two inches 

 in depth, and four and a half in diameter, with a 

 cavity one and a half inches deep, and two and a 

 half wide. 



