96 LAND-BIRDS. 



a. Essentially like the Nashville Warbler ( (7) ; but with 

 the slate of the latter wanting, the chestnut supplied by orange 

 brown, and the yellow green-tinged. 



b. Nest and eggs probably like those of the last species. 



c. The Orange-crowned Warblers are unknown to me per- 

 sonally, but probably there is little or no difference between 

 their habits and those of the Nashville Warblers, to whom they 

 are very closely related. Probably they 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 neighborhood of St. Augus- 

 tine, 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. PEREGRINA. Tennessee Warbler. A very rare migrant 

 through Massachusetts, though a summer resident in northern 

 New England.f 



a. About 4J inches long. Above, yellow-tinted olive 



mounted bird in the collection of the dantly about Lake Umbagog, Maine, 



Boston Society of Natural History, but it has since practically deserted that 



which was shot at Lynn, Massachu- locality. Elsewhere in northern New 



setts, January 1, 1875. W. B. England it has been found in summer 



* It is probably incorrect with respect at various places, but seldom in any 



to the nest and eggs and the assertion numbers. In southern New England it 



that the species breeds in eastern Maine occurs only during the migrations, when 



and certain of the Maritime Provinces, it is never at all common. An old rec- 



but in all other respects it is excellent, ord of a supposed nest and eggs taken 



W. B. at Springfield, Massachusetts, should be 



t Between the years 1871 and 1875 discredited. W. B. 

 the Tennessee Warbler bred abun- 



