280 Noirrii AMKKicAN nii:i)s. 



tlu' pectorjil collar; one (\o. (►(►.STT, Alt. ('anin*l, Wal»asli To., Til., Aujj:. 0) 

 has this <»ntir' Iv iiitcnnpttMl. In this indiviilual tiieie is no trace (»!' a 

 wliitish sii|n-a-..iiiit iilar stnak; while otlieis tVoni the same locality, and 

 obtained j.t the same ilate, liave the band across the ju^uluni contium)U.s, and 

 a unite distinct w liite streak over the ear-coverts. 



Haiuts. Of tliis somewhat rare \Var)>ler very little is as yet \vell known. 

 Its habits and distrildition durin^j; tlie breed in jj^-seasou need more li^ht tlian 

 we now jKKsess to enal>le us to give its story with any decree of exactness. 

 Its appearance in i'ennsylvania, Oliio, Illinois, and Missouri early in May, 

 when Warl>lers tliat j^o north to breed are on their way, at first sui;j;ested its 

 l)elon,ii:inj; to that class. It is not known to proceed any fartlier north, ex- 

 cept in accith'utal instances; tliouu;h the writer has been assured, and has no 

 reason to (h»ul)t the fact, that it abounds and breeds in the nei,L;hborlu»od 

 of Niagara Falls. I can find no good evidence that it ever occurs in Massa- 

 chusetts. Individuals have been olitainetl in northern South America, I'ana- 

 ma, and Cuba. Dr. Woodhouse describi's it as (piite common in Te.xas jind 

 in the Indian Territory, where it breeds, as he obtained both tlie (dd and the 

 young birds. It was also abundant among the tinil>ered lands of the Arkan- 

 sas and its tributaries. It was not obtained in any other of the government 

 expeditions, n(»r was it found in Ariztuia l)y Dr. C'oues. Mr. T. M. Tri]»})e 

 noticed a single individual near Orange, X. Y. Wilson sup])osed them to 

 breed in Pennsvlvania, tliouuli he was never able to find their nests. He 

 usually met with these birds in marshes or on the borders of streams among 

 the branches of poplars. Their habits were those of tlie Flycatchers. He 

 saw none later than the 20th of August. Describing this species as the lilue- 

 green Warbler, as met with bv him on the banks of the Cumberland earlv in 

 April, he mentions its gleaning for food among the upper brandies of the 

 tallest trees, rendering it difficult to l»e procured. Its resend»lance, in habits, 

 to Flycatchers, he again remarks. Its only note was a feeble chirp. 



According to AucUibon, tliis Warbler appears in Louisiana, where it also 

 breeds early in spring, and leaves tlie first of October. Like all its family, it 

 is (jiiite lively, has a similar Higiit, moves sideways up and down the Itranches, 

 and hangs from tlie ends of the twigs in its search for in.sects. 



Air. Audubon also states that the liveliness of the notes of this Warbler 

 renders it conspicuous in the forests, the skirts of M'hich it frtMpients. Its 

 song, though neither loud nor of long continuance, he speaks of as extremely 

 sweet and mellow. He found it as numerous in the State of Louisiana as 

 any other Warbler, so that he could sometimes obtain five or six in a single 

 ^valk. 



The nest he describes as placed in the forks of a low tree or bush, partly 

 pensile, projecting a little above the twigs to which it is attached, and ex- 

 tending below them nearly two inches. The outer part is composed of the 

 fibres of vines and the stalks of herbaceous jdants, with slender roots ar- 

 ranged in a circular manner. The nest is lined with fine dry fibres of the 



