SYLVlCoLID.K — THE W AHP.LKltS. 2-")o 



arrivcil in Pennsylvania and New Jersey early in April, and its ulniost 

 inniiediate and sudden disaitju'aninre. He several times nlitained tliciii at 

 tliat iteriitd, and yet lias alsit shot them in Louisiana as late as .June, while 

 husily searching tor food amuui; the l)h»ssoni8 uf the cotton-plant. 



Wilson also ivirarded this s]>eeies as very rare, lie rejiorts it as ]>assini,^ 

 through Pennsylvania alxait the middle of May, hut soon disa[tj>earinL;. He 

 descril>es these hirds as having many of tlie habits of Titmice, and dis- 

 ]»layini; all their activity. It hau^s about the extremity of the twij^s, and 

 darts about from place to i)lace w ith restless diligence in search of various 

 kinds of larvae Wilson never met with it in tlie summer, and very rarely 

 in the fall. 



^Ir. Xuttall noticed this s]iecies passing through Massachusetts about the 

 15th of April. He regarded it as an active insect-hunter, keeping in the tops 

 of the hijjhest trees, dartinii about with ureat activitv, and hanuinu" from the 

 twigs with fluttering wiugs. One of these i»irds that had been vv funded 

 soon liecame reconciled to its confinement, and greedily caught and 

 devoured the Hies that were otiered. In its habits and manners it .seemed 

 to him to ureatly resemble the Chestnut-sided Warbler. 



Mr. T. M. Tripi)e speaks of this Warbler as one of the last to arrive near 

 Orange, X. Y. ( )wing to the fact that at that time the foliage is ju'etty dense, 

 and that it makes but a short stay, it is not ofteu seen. Ht? S])eaks of it as 

 nut (piite so active as the other Warblers, kee]>ing more on the h»wer boughs, 

 and seldom ascending to the to}»s of the trees. 



Mr. ('. W. Wyatt met with this species at Xaranjo, in Colombia, South 

 America. 



K«»<:s of this bird ol)tained by Mr. (Jeorue P)Ush i;t Coldwater, near 

 Lake Su[)erior, are of an ol>long-oval shape, measuring .To by ~)'l of an inch, 

 and except in their su]>erior size and fewer markings might be mistaken for 

 eggs of D. ostlva. Their ground-color is a l>luish or gTeenish white. The 

 maikings are very few and fine, except those in the (^rown around the larger 

 end, and there the l>lotches are deeper and more numerous. Their colors are 

 dark reddisli-br(»wn and purple. 



Mr. Maynard foiuid this s])ecies the most abundant of the Sf/h-imh'Jir ui 

 Lake Undtagog, where it fneeds. Tw<> nests were taken in dune. One was 

 found June ^), in a tree l»y the side of a cart-]iath in the woods, just com- 

 pleted. It was built in the horizoutal branch of a heudock, twenty feet 

 from the ground, and five or six from the trunk of the tree. P»y the 8th of 

 June it contained three fresh eggs. The other was laiilt in a similar situa- 

 tiou, tiftee:! feet from the <»round, and contained two fresh euus. 



These nests were large for Lhe bird, and resendtled those of the Purple 

 Finch. They were ctrmp(»sed outwardly of tine twigs of the hackmatack, 

 with which was mingled some of the long hanging Usuva mosses. They were 

 very smoothly and neatly lined with black tibrous roots, the seed-stalks of 

 Clmloiiia mosses, and a few hairs. They iiad a diameter of about six inches, 



