SVLVICOLIILE — THE NVAUIJLEIIM. 2^')! 



slnuU'r lu'iltaccnus roots. juhI fiiior st'd^cs. Tin' nests were stronulv Imilt, 

 rnmpact and liniiini:< nmus, and wen* t'lalinratclv lined with tine panicles of 

 glasses and tini* straw. In all tiie nests t'onnd, the nnnd»er ot e;4iis was live. 



It is a somewhat nnticealde tact, that thon.Lih this species is seen in New 

 Knuland onlv l»v the middle of Mav, otlieis of its Kind have lon'4 heloie 

 reached lii^di Arctic localities. Jiiciiards(»n records its |iresence at the Cnm- 

 berland House in Mav, ami En<:ineer Cantonment hv the L^Tith of April. Mr. 

 Eoekhart jM-ocured a nest and live e^^j^s at Fort Yukon,.hnu^ '.). All the nests 

 taken in these localities were of smaller size, were laiilt within two feet 

 of the «jround, an<l all were nmch moi«' warmlv lined than were those from 

 (irand ^Fenan. In a few instances Mr. McFarlane found the nests of this 

 S|>ecies actnally huilt upon the ground. This, however, is an ahnormal j)osi- 

 tion, and only occasioned i>y the want of uitalde situations in jtrotected lo- 

 calities. In on«^ instance a nest was taken on the Hrst (►f dune, ciMitaining 

 well-developed emhryos. Vet this same species has tre<piently l>een observed 

 lin^crini,' in Massachusetts a week (tr more after others of its si)ecies have 

 already huilt their nests and heuun hatchinu. 



The e,U!j:s of this species measure .7- hy .">'> «»f an inch. Their shaj>e is an 

 ohloni^^-nval. Their jjjround-c«dor is a l»eautiful white, with a slij^lit tin<4e of 

 ]»ink, when fresh. They are hlotche<l and (lotted (tver the entire surface 

 with profuse markiniis of a subdued lavender, and deeper markings of a dark 

 pm-jjle intermixed with lighter spots of reddish-brown. The usual uumber 

 is live, though six are occasionallv found in a nest. 



Dendroica castanea, Batted. 



BAT-BBEASTEO WABBLEB. 



Siffrio crififfimfi, Wn.s. Am. (hn. II, ISlo, 97, \A. xiv, tig. 4. — Box. ; Xrir. ; Arn. Orii. 

 IJiog. I, pi. l.xi.v. Sijli'lcnhi castiincn. Swains. ; .!.\iti>. ; Rk n, ; Bon. ; Ari). Binls 

 Am. II, j>l. Ixxx. RhiiDirnphmcnsfaiictifi, ('.vn. Driidrnicii oishnifn, Baiki», Binls >«. 

 Am. isr>,s, 276 ; Rev. 18l». — SiLATKi: & Sai.vix, This, 1S.V.>. 11 (Cuat.'miila). — Cassis, 

 V\. A. X. Sc. 18t>(», UK} (Isthmus Daii.n ; \vint<rK— LAWiiKNti., Ann. X. Y. Lvc ISiH, 

 ;i2-J (I.sthmus ramiina; winter). —Samt'ki.s, 228. Stih'ii oaf am na I in, AViLS. Ill, pi. 

 xxiii, tig. 2. —Aid. Ovu. Biog. I, pi. Ixxxviii. 



Sp. (jiau. Mfile. Cnnvn <lark icddisli-chostnut : r<>n'h(\'\<l and ('h('ok.<. inr-lndincr n 

 space alH)V«' th.' »•>»•. l.Jack: a patch ..f Uutr-vrllow l.ehind tlio chefks. Host of upper 

 parts hli'.isii-gray stivaktMJ with Mark, the edges of the iiiterscai>ulars tinged with yellow- 

 ish, of the .scapulars with olixaceous. Pninaries and tail-feathers edge<l externally with 

 Mulsh-gray, the extrotne outer ones Avith white: the seeon<larios edged with olivaceou.s. 

 Two l>ands on the wing and the edges of the tortials white. The under parts are whitish 

 with a tinge of luifl'; the chin, throat, forejtart of l.rejist. and the sides, ehe.stnut-hrown. 

 lighter than the crown. Two outer tail-feathers with a patch of white on the inner web 

 near the end; the others e<lgcd internally with the same. Femnfe with the upper parts 

 olive, .streaked throughout with Mack, and an occasional tinge of chestnut on the crown. 

 Lower parts with traces of chestnut, but no stripes. Length of male, 5.00 ; wing, 3.05 ; 

 tail, 2.40. 



