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nimbly anions; the yoiinfj leaves, and thought they possessed many of the 

 habits of the Titmice. Their notes he descril)ed jis few and weak, and in 

 their stomaclis he found, upon dissection, small green caterpillars and a few 

 winged insects. 



Mr. Audubon also regarded it as a mre si)ecies, and only three specimens 

 ever fell within his observations. These were obtained in Louisiana and at 

 Key West. He describes them as appearing to he nimble, active birds, ex- 

 pert catcliers of Hies, and fond of hanging to the extremities of brandies, 

 utterimj a single mellow tweet as thev tiv from branch to bmnch in search of 

 food, or while on the wing. 



Mr. Nuttall appears not to have met with it. Dr. Richardson procured 

 only a single specimen at Cumberland House, in the latter juirt of May. 

 This was in a dense thicket of small trees, and was flying about among the 

 lower bmnches. He was unable to discover its nest, or to learn anything in 

 regard to its habits. 



A little more light has since then l^een given both as to its geographical 

 distribution and its mode of nesting. Specimens of this species have l)een 

 obtained in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Panama. A speci- 

 men of this species was also taken in Colombia, S. A., by Mr. C. W. Wyatt. 

 Dr. Gundlach mentions it as occasionally found in Cuba. Mr. Drexler 

 secured specimens of it at Moose Factory and at Fort CJeoi-ge in tlie arctic 

 regions. Specimens w^ere taken by Mr. Bernard II. Ross at Fort Simpson. 

 Mr. Robert Kennicott met with it on the northern shores of Lake Winni- 

 peg, June 6. They were then abundant, and had already mated. He again 

 met with them at Fort Resolution, and Mr. Clarke found them at Fort Rae, 

 Mr. W. F. Hall in Elaine, Mr. Bell on the Upper Missouri, and Professor 

 Baird in Pennsylvania. ^Ir. Ridgway has obtained it both in sj)ring and in 

 fall in Southern Illinois, where it is abundant in some seasons. It does not 

 appear to occur on tlie Pacific coast. 



Mr. Boardman writes that the Tennessee Warbler is, in the summer time, 

 quite a common bird in St. Stephens and vicinity. Its notes, he adds, re- 

 sendjle the low, subdued whistle of the common Summer Yellow-Bird. 



Mr. Maynard found this Warbler very common near Lake Umbagog dur- 

 ing the breeding-season. It was found in all the wooded localities in the 

 regions north of the neighboring mountains. Its song, he states, resembles 

 that of H. rnjicapilla, the notes of the lii"st part l)eing more divided, while 

 the latter part is shriller. 



A nest of this Warbler (Smith. Coll., 3470), obtained on the northern shore 

 of Lake Superior by ^Ir. George Barnston, is but little more than a nearly flat 

 bed of dry, matted stems of grass, and is less tlian an inch in thickness, with 

 a diameter of about three inches. It is not circular in shape, and its width 

 is not uniform. Its position must have been on some flat surface, probably 

 the ground. The eggs resemble those of all the family in having a white 

 ground, over which are profusely distril)uted numerous small dots and points 



