CAPE MAY WARBLER. 335 



edly a stranger to ornithologists. I can learn nothing of 

 its song or its note, and almost nothing that is explicit about 

 its nest. Mr. Minot says " a nest found in the neighborhood 

 of Boston closely resembled that of the Yellow-bird in 

 every respect." He also reports the five eggs, laid the first 

 week in June, as similar to those of the last mentioned 

 species. Dr. Brewer's account of the eggs is simply that 

 they are like those of other Warblers. Eastern North 

 America generally is given as its habitat, and it is said to 

 breed in the West Indies. Mr. Smith, in his annotated list 

 of the birds of Maine, reports this species as " not very com- 

 mon. Mr. Boardman reports that it breeds in Eastern Maine, 

 and it breeds in the western part of the State also, but in 

 very limited numbers." Mr. Maynard, however, found 

 these birds abundant in summer in the evergreen forests of 

 Northern Maine. They kept to the tall tree-tops, and the 

 songs of the males were particularly " lively and varied." 

 He found the same species common at Key West in No- 

 vember, and some remained there all winter. 



This species has a peculiar tongue, deeply cloven at the 

 tip, and ciliate along the sides near the tip. The Tennessee, 

 or Wandering Warbler, has the tongue quite similar, but not 

 so deeply cleft. 



