302 XoliTII AMKUICAN UIIiDS. 



Nuttall iiH't with wlmt lit* invsunu*s to have biHMi unu of these l)iids in tlie 

 Ik>tanicul UuRleii al ( 'aiiihriil<,'e. It ha«l all the iiiaiiners of the Yellow-Throat, 

 was busy in the search of insects in the low hushes, and, at intervals, warl>le<l 

 out some \ery ]tleasant notes, which partly resenihled the lively chant of the 

 Trifliiis, antl in some dej^nee the song of the Summer Vcllow-IJird. 



Trofessor IJeinharilt states that two individuals of this species have heen 

 taken in (Ireenland, — one in Fisken:esset, in 184»l, an«l the other at Julian- 

 liiud>, in IS.Io. 



Mr. Turnhull jjjives it as still ijuite rare in Kastern Pennsylvania, arrivinjj: 

 there in the niitldle of Mav on its wav farther north. Mr. Liiwrence includes 

 it in his list of the birds of New York. ^Ir. I)res.ser obtained five speci- 

 mens early in May, in Southern Texas. 



It has been met with as far to the north as CJreenland by Keinhardt, and 

 in Selkirk Settlement by Donald (Junn. It has been procured in Kastern 

 iMexico, in Panama, in Carlisle, l*enn., Southern Illinois, Mis.souri, Nova 

 Scotia, and various other i)laces. It has l>een known to breed in Waterville, 

 Me., and is not uncommon in Northwestern and Northern New York. A 

 single si)ecimen of this bird was obtained at Ocana, in Colombia, South 

 America, by Mr. C. W. AVvatt. 



Late in May, I808, I have a note of having met with this species in IMount 

 Auburn. The bird was fearless and unsuspecting, busily engaged, among 

 some low shrubl)ery, in search of iu.sects. It suffered our near presence, was 

 often within a few feet, and was so readily distinguishable that my compan- 

 ion, with no actpiaintance with birds, at once recognized it from Audubon's 

 jdates. Its habits were the exact counterpart of those of the Y'ellow-Throat. 

 We did not notice its song. 



Mr. ^lavnard states that, Mav 1^1, ISGO, ^Ir. AVilliam Brewster shot a male 

 of this species in Cambridge, on the top of a tall tree. Another s]>ecimen 

 was taken at Francouia Mountains, New Hami)shire, August 8, 18b7. It was 

 in conij)auy with four fully Hedged young, which it was feeding. The young 

 were shy, and could not be procured. The old bird was catching Hies, after 

 the manner of Flvcatchers. Mr. ^laynard has met this s])ecies but once in 

 ^lassachusetts, and then in May, among low bushes and in a swampy place. 

 He has since fouml it rather common at Lake Umbagog, Elaine, in June, where 

 it breeds. He states that it fmpients the Inishes along fences, stone walls, and 

 the edges of woods. The male often perches and sings in the eaily morning 

 on the top rail of a fence, or the dead branch of a tree. Its song he speaks 

 of as loud and clear, somewhat resembling that of the Scitirus novchoraccnsis. 

 Mr. Paine considers this Warbler to be very rare in Vermont. He once 

 observed a pair, with their young, at Iiandolph. The male was singing a 

 quite pleasing, though somewhat monotonous song. 



Mr. George Welch met with these birds in the Adirondack region. New 

 York, in June, 1870. They .seemed rather abundant, and were evidently 

 breeding there. He obtained a single specimen. 



