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with its less ambitious brethren in the lower walks 

 of life. 



When driven "by necessity to humbler fields it 

 permits the nearest approach with the least mani- 

 festation of timidity. 



It is a solitary feeder, except when brought into 

 the presence of its own kith and strangers, by the 

 merest chance. As it comes, so it departs. 



The flight of this species is high, gracefully un- 

 dulating, and tolerably well sustained. 



During its stay it is devoid of song. According 

 to Mr. Audubon it has a very sweet song of five or 

 six notes, comparatively loud for the size of the 

 bird. 



Its area of reproduction is not accurately known, 

 but its southern limit is supposed to be the high 

 wooded regions of Pennsylvania, New York, and 

 New England. Its most northern summer habitat 

 is probably Greenland, as a young bird was cap- 

 tured by Holboll, October 16, 1845, at Fredericks- 

 haub; Dr. Bachman has discovered it nidificating 

 in Lansingburgh, N. Y.; Mr. Audubon has found 

 it breeding in northeastern Maine, in New Bruns- 

 wick, in the Magdalene Islands, and in Newfound- 

 land and Labrador; Mr. Allen supposed it to 

 breed in the vicinity of Springfield, Mass., as in- 

 dividuals have been obtained as late as June 24; 

 and Prof. Verrill affirms it a summer resident of 

 western Maine. 



A nest presented to Mr. Audubon by Mr. 

 McCulloch, was built in the small fork of a tree 



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