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it brcediii^'. Nowlu-r*' alunnlaiit, llww, wciv larj^u tracts of country wIkmv 

 lio inner iin't witli it, or wlierc it was of rare occurrt'iicc lie found it most 

 abundant in the vicinity of East]»ort, ^Fc. He also met with it during' 

 sunnncr. in N'«'W Knuland i^^cncrally, Nnrtlicrn IVnnsyhania, and New York, 

 lait not in Lal»radnr. He tlescrilies its lialiits as a minulinii of th(»sL' of the 

 Warlih'rs and of tlie Vireo, and its notes as resenihlin^^ tlmse of th(^ latter. 

 Ill its search for fond he found it quite re;_,'ardless of the near })resence of man. 

 In its spring mJLirations it jiiisses through tiie woods usually in itaiis, in the 

 fdl reai»|>earin,u in Hocks of si.x «)r seven. In hreeding it (K-curs unly in 

 single pairs, and each pair apj>^-oj»riates to itself a large tract <jf territory 

 within which no other is usually found. After October, all have passed l)e- 

 youd the limits of the United States. 



I)uring the wint«'r montlis it ajtpears to be (piite common in different ]»arts 

 of Mexico and Central America, in the large collection of (lualemalan skins 

 collected by I )r. Van Patten, and jmrchased by the lioston Natural History 

 Society, this l>ird was one of the most abundant of the mignitory s}»ecies. 

 Specinu'us were taken by Mr. Boucurd at I'laya \'icente, iu the hot country 

 of Oa.xaca, Mexico. 



Dr. Woodhouse fouutl this Warbler (jommon in the Indian Territory and 

 in Texas, and Lieutenant Couch met with it in Taniaulij)as, Mexico, in March, 

 18o3. With these exi^eptions it has not been observed in any of the govern- 

 ment survevs, oi' found we.st of the valley of the Ilio Grande. Ik'sides the 

 points named, it has been obtained in Ohio, Illinois, Miss(»uri, and in the West 

 Indies, in Centr.il and in the northern jiortions of Soutli America. IJeiniiardt 

 liives it as accidental in (Ireenhmd. A single strav specimen was j>btained 

 in Heligoland, Europe, Octol)er T.', isr»8. 



^Ir. I'aine, of Kandolph, Vt., notes the arrival of this bird about the 10th 

 of May. He speaks of it us a very sweet singer, and a.s usually seen in the 

 tops of ttdl trees, the hemlock being its favorite resort. There it chants its 

 sweet sad notes through even the heat of the day. It continues in song 

 nearly throughout the summer. Liter in the season it frequents the open 

 fields, in wliich it is seldom seen in the breedin«j;-sea.son. Its food, which 

 it catches on the wing in the manner of Vireos, consists of the smaller 

 winged insects, caterpillars, and other larva\ In the fall, according to Mr. 

 Audubon, it feeds upon various kinds of small berries. 



It reaches Massachusetts the first of ^lay, and is most numeious about 

 the loth, when the larger ju'oportion pass farther north. In Western 

 Maine, Professor Verrill states it to be a summer but not a common visitant; 

 and near Calais, ^Ir. I>oardman has found it breeding, but does not regard it 

 as at all common, thougli in the year 1<S<)7 he found it quite abundant 

 in the thick woods in that neiiiliborhood during its breeding-season. Dr. 

 lirvant also speaks of it as one of the most common of the Warblers ob- 

 served by him near Yarmouth, X. S. A single sj)ecim?n was taken at Julian- 

 haab, (Jreeiiliind, in 1853, and sent to the lloyal Mu.seum of Coi>enhag"ii. 



