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inn tlio ])as«' of tlic tcatlnTs '.\\ou)j^ the shaft. \Viii.ij:s aiul tail iinuh as in tho 

 autumnal ])lunia,L:(.'. 



IfAHlTs. 'I'hc aj)|X'aranr(' nf this beautiful and familiar WaiMer in Xew 

 Eni^land is the sure hai'l)inner of the summer. The last of the migrants that 

 do not tariv, it lMin;4s u]> the rear of the hosts f»f liy]>eri)orean visitors. This 

 species ranges over th(i whole extent of eastern North Ameri(;a, from Mexieo 

 to the Aretie seas. It has n(»t i>een found farther west than thedreat Plains 

 and the llio (irando. Wiierever found it is ahuntlaiit, and its lively and 

 attraetive manners and apju-aranee ren«ler it a jdeasin*,' feature. It is not 

 known to stop to breed in Massachusetts, hut it linuers with us till the last 

 hh)ssom of the apjtle falls, and until the lUuehird and the liohin have already 

 well-Hedged broods, sometimes as late as the K^th of June, and then sud- 

 deidy disap]>ears. 



Dr. W(K»dhouse found it abundant in Texas and the Indian Territory, and 

 individuals have been procured in Missouri and Xtd»raska. It has been found 

 abundant in the Arctic reuions, around Fort Anderson, Fort Yukon, and Fort 

 (lood Hope. A sinuli' specimen was taken near («(»dhaab, (Ireenland, in 

 18r);3, as recorded bv Prcifessor IJeinhardt. I)r. F.rvant met with it in the 

 Bahamas, in the s])rini,' of IS.Ili, where it was abundant from the 1st to the 

 Kith of May. He de.scrilies its habits as similar to those of the }fniotilta 

 luiria, clind)inu ai'ound the trunks of trees in search of insects with the 

 same facility. Single sj)ecimens have been i)rocured from (Ireenland on the 

 northeast, and from I»oi;ota and Cuba. I)r. Cones found it ai»undant in 

 Labrador in all well-wooded situatio is, and describes it as a most exj)ert lly- 

 oatcher, takinj^' insects on the wing in the manner of the (\mfi>ini.^ r'nnt.s. 



Mr. Allen has never noted the arrival of this bird in Western Mas.sachusetts 

 before the 2(lth of ^lav, nor later than the 1st of June. Thev ajrain become 

 abundant the last of September, and remain into October. In Kastern Main<* 

 ^Ir. Boardman reports them abundant, and as remaining t(^ breed. They are 

 there more numerous ab<»ut ojten pastures than most Warblers. They nest 

 in low trees, about swam]»y })laces. 



In Central Vermont, Mr. Paine states, the I>lack-Poll is the last of all the 

 migrant l>irds that c<»me from the South, and is .seen only a few days in the 

 lirst of June. It seldom stays more than a day or two, and then ])asses 

 nortii. It aitpears singula; that a bird cominu- so late should i»o vet farther 

 north to breed. He states that its song consists only of a few low. lis]>ing 

 peeps. It may usually be seen wandering over tields in which there are a 

 lew scattered trees, and seems to l)e a very active, restless bird. 



The writer also met with them in great abundance alK)ut F^astport, and in 

 the islands of the (Jrand Menan group. It was the most common Warlder 

 in that locality. The h)w swampy woods seemed tilled with them, and were 

 vocal with their ]»eculiar love-notes. 



Wilson states that he occasi<>nally found this Warbler in Pennsylvania and 

 Xew Jersey, and was c«»ntident they would 1k3 found to breed in those States, 



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