1 68 SINGING BIRDS. 



eggs, about 5, are grayish white, with reddish spots towards the 



great end. 



The Hooded Warbler is a Southern species, but is a regular 

 summer resident of the Connecticut valley, and has been found 

 breeding near Cleveland, Ohio, and in southern Michigan. It 

 is said to be more abundant in South CaroHna than elsewhere. 



Note. The Small-headed Flycatcher {Wilsonia minuta 



and Sylvia minuta of Wilson and Audubon) was given a place in 

 the "Manual" by Nuttall, who alleged to have seen the species. 

 Not having been found by any of the more modern observers, it has 

 been omitted from many recent works. It was placed on the " hypo- 

 thetical list " by the A. O. A. committee, but has been again brought 

 forward by Ridgeway, in his "Manual." Wilson stated that he 

 saw it in New Jersey; Audubon said he shot one in Kentucky; and 

 Nuttall's examples were in Massachusetts. As the birds were seen 

 by Nuttall only " at the approach of winter," it is probable they 

 were the young of the year of some of the more northern breed- 

 ing species. 



WILSON'S WARBLER. 



WILSON'S BLACK CAP. 



Sylvania pusilla. 



Char. Above, olive ; crown black ; forehead, cheeks, and entire under 

 parts yellow. Female and young duller, and black cap often obscure, 

 sometimes lacking. Length, 4X to 5 inches. 



Nest. On the ground, in a bushy swamp, or on branch of low bush ; 

 of twigs and vegetable fibre lined with moss or fine grass. 



Eggs. 4-6; white spotted with brown and lavender; 0.60 X 0.50. 



This remarkable species of sylvan Flycatcher was first ob- 

 served by Wilson in New Jersey and Delaware as a transitory 

 bird of passage. Audubon has noticed it in Labrador and 

 Newfoundland, where it was breeding, and it is not uncommon 

 in the State of Maine. He also saw it in his way to Texas 

 early in April. It begins to migrate from Newfoundland 

 about the middle of August, and is seen in Maine in October. 

 Mr. Townsend and myself had the pleasure of observing the 



