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Loralifit's unntetl. IJahaiiia.- ; llcrnnnla; ('ul»a; .laiiiaica : Santa Cni/ ; \V«'st Iii<lirs; 

 ConNna. Xalapa. Maxara. Mt-x. ; ( iiiafi-iiiala ; raiiaiiia 11. II.; I>i>^nfa. 



SjKMiuR'iis Int't'diiiLj in tlie SoiitluTn States dilVm' in r.ither Innjirr bill and 

 less amount of Idack, l»ut are otheiwist' undistini;uislial»le. 



Haiuts. Tlie lUack and White ("reei»er, nowhere an alaindant sjuM-ies, is 

 met with in various sections ot' the country. It uccurs in all jtarls of New 

 Eu'dand and Xew York, and has l»een found in the interior as far north as 

 Fort Simpson. It has been met with on thi' Tacitic coast only at Ma/at- 

 lan, is common in tlu* liaiiamas and most of the West India Islands, t;en- 

 erally a8 a nii«,n-ant. It lias al. j been found in Texas, in the Indian Terri- 

 tory, antl in Mexico, and thn»u<j:hout Central America. In the last-named 

 rej^ion Mr. Salvin states it to be pretty iM^ually and generally spread over 

 the whole country. It is tlu-re mi^ratorv, leavin-j iu siuinif. It was also 

 detected in Colombia, South America, by Mr. 

 C. W. Wyatt. Mr. Xewton also met with it 

 as a winter visitant in St. Croix, leaving that 

 island at the end of March. He regards this 

 species as almost a thorough Creeper in habits. 

 In Jamaica a few are resident thrcuighout the 

 year, according to the observations of Mr. 

 March, and though its nests have never been 

 found there, a son of Mr. March saw^ a ]»air 

 carrying materials with which to construct 

 one. 



Dr. Coues states that this Warbler is a very 

 common summer resident near Washington, 



but is more abundant tluMc in the spring and in the fall, ihe greater number 

 going farther north to breed. They arrive in Washington during the tirst 

 week in April, and are exceedingly numerous until May. He adds that they 

 are generally foinul in high o])en woods, and that thev"bned in holes in 

 trees." This is probably an error, or, if ever known t(j i»ccur, an entirely 

 exceptional case. 



Our bird is also a common summer visitant at Calais, arriving there about 

 the 1st of May, and by the 10th becoming rather abundant. Mr. I>oardman 

 has frequently found their nests there, and always on the ground, in rocky 

 places and usually under small trees. 



It does not apjR'ar to have been met with on the Pacific coast north of 

 Mazatlan, nor in any portion of AVestern North America, l>eyond the valleys 

 of the Mississip])i and the Kio (Jrande. 



In its habits this bird seems to be more of a Cree])er than a Warbler. 

 It is an ex})ert and nimble climb(»r, and rarely, if ever, ])erches on the bninch 

 of a tree or shrub. In the manner of the smaller Woodpeckers, the Creep- 

 ers, Xuthatches, and Titmice, it moves rapitUy around the trunks and larger 

 limbs of the trees of the forest in search of small insects and their larvie. 



Mtiiotilta varia 



