304 .Noinii AMKuicAN Biuns. 



ju;4iilimi broadt'r, cniucalin;^' nunv tlir Idiuk. Tlit- julult Icniale in autumn 

 is con.sideraldy more «lully tolorud than in spring. 



JIaiuts. This comparatively m;w Warlder was first luet witli Ity Town- 

 Rond, and (h'scrihed hy Auduliou in the hist vnluniu ot liis ( )rnilh(>h)^i('al 

 llioufrajihy. It has since Iteen tnund to have a wi(h* ran^e tlirouuhout the 

 western jtortion of North America, from (ape St. Lucas to I'.ritish Amer- 

 ica, and from tlie I'hiins to tlie raeitic. It lias also lu'en ohtained at C'hoa- 

 ]»an in the State of Orizaha, ^fexico, hy Mr. liniicanl, and in (niatemala hy 

 Mr. Salvin, who states tliaL throuuhout the district l>etween the ..»lcanoes of 

 A;4ua and Fuej^'n tliis was a commnn sj»eeies, fretiuenting the outskirts of the 

 forests and the edges ni tlie clearings. It hreeds in ahundance in Ttah, 

 ^lontana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Territory, and prolmldy also in Xfuth- 

 ern ( 'alifornia. 



Tnwnsend first met with it on tlu' hanks of the Columhia. Tie states that 

 it was mostly solitary ami extremely wary, keeping cliietly in the most im- 

 penetrahle tiiickets, and gliding through them in a cautious and suspicious 

 manner. Sometimes it might he seen, at midday, ])erclied uj)on a dead twig, 

 over its favorite places of concealment, at such times warlding a very sja-ightly 

 and ])leasant little song, raising its head until its hill is nearly vertical. 



Mr. Xuttall informed Mr. Audulxm that this AVarblev is one of the most 

 common summer residents of the wo(m1s and plains of the Columhia, where 

 it appears early in May, and remains until the approach of winter. It 

 keeps near the ground, and gleans its subsistence among the L)w hushes. It 

 is shy, and when surpri.sed or closely watched it immetliatelv skulks off, often 

 uttering a loud r/irl: Its notes, he states, resendde those of the S^iffn'n 

 avrnnipilhi^. On the 12th of June a nest was brought to Mr. Xuttall, con- 

 taining two young birds quite Hedged, in the j-lumage of the mother. The 

 nest was chiefly made of stri])S of the inner bark of the Thuja occidnitnli.^, 

 lined with slender wiry stalks. It was built near the ground in the dead, 

 moss-covered limbs of a fallen oak, and was partly hidden by long tufts of 

 v.snea. It was less artificial than the Yellow-Throat's nest, but was of the 

 same general appearance. On his restoring the nest to its place, the parents 

 immediately approached to feed their charge. 



Dr. Suckley found this Warbler very abundant between the Cascade ^loun- 

 tains and the Pacific coast. Like all (Ground Warblers it was entirelv insec- 

 tivorous, all the stomachs examined containing coleoptera and other insects. 

 He did not find them shy, but as they frequented thick brush they were very 

 ditficult to procure. 



Dr. Cooper found this species very common al)out Puget Sound, frecpient- 

 ing the underbrush in dry woods, occasionally singing a song from a low tree, 

 similar to that of the Yellow-Thrtiat. He found its nest built in a bush, a 

 foot from the ground. It was of straw, looselv made, and without anv soft 

 lining. Dr. Cooper found this species as far east as Fort Laramie, in Wyo- 

 ming. They reach the Columbia IJiver by the od of May. 



