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f)r only as n ini;:rTimt lie could not (U'tormine. Mr. Dresser states that it is 

 c'oiniiioii in tlic summer near San Antnnio, arriving there in April. 1 >r. 

 Coues met it in its mii;rati<»ns throu;;h South Carolina. I)r. Turnlmll sjieuUs 

 of it as rare in the nei-hltorhood of rhihuleli»liia, wliere it arrives in the 

 midtllc of April on its way north. It has heen found thrt»ugli(»ut Kasttrn 

 Me.xico and (iuatemala, and as far south as I'anama. 



Mr. Verrill regarded this species .as a summer resitlent in Western Maine, 

 though he never met with its nest, and at no time very eommon. Speci- 

 mens were procured l>etween the last of May and the middle of .lune. It 

 was found, tlumgh very rare, l)y Mr. Mellwraitli, at Hamilton, wlu-re it w;is 

 su])]»osed to be a sunnner residen':. Specimens were taken aliout the middle 

 of May. 



Dr. IIov detected this sitecies in the summer of 18G0, in the \ icinitv of 

 Ilacine, and although he hail no douht that they had a nest in the vi; inity, 

 he was not able to discover it. He was surjjrised to find that the male of 

 this species has quite a ]>retty song. This fact has since Ix^en contirnu'd l»y 

 the ob.servations of Mr. IWrdman, who has heard this bird give forth (piite 

 a pleasing, though somewhat monotonous trill. This, according to Dr. Hoy, 

 resembles Pta-inl fil-pm-iro tjuv, several times repeated in a .soft and not un- 

 pleasant call or song. 



In Western Massachusetts ^Ir. Allen has found this species rather rare. 

 Tho.se met with have all been taken from ^lay 15 to June 5. Dr. Coues, 

 in his List of the birds of New England, expresses his corviction that this 

 species is probably much less rare than collectors have generally suppo.seil. 

 It harbors very closely in shady woods and thickets, and is very rarely t(» be 

 met with anywhere else. In the distance it is not easily distinguished from 

 other species of this genus, and may have been allowed to go unsnught, 

 mistaken for a much more common species. Mr. Allen has generally met 

 with (piite a number each year in May, sometimes several in a single excur- 

 sion. Mr. Maynard took eight specimens in a few hours, May 31, in Eastern 

 Massachusetts, and Mr. Welch obtained an unusual number in a single season. 

 Dr. Coues has also met with them near Washington during their breeding- 

 season. 



At (Jrand Menan I found the nest of this species in a low alder-bush, on 

 the edge of a thicket, but within a few feet of the shore. The nest was 

 about two feet from the ground, placed in the fork of the bush, and bearing 

 a close resemblance to the nest of the Ct/foiospiza cifanea. It was loosely 

 made of soft strips of the inner bark of deciduous trees, and liniul with 

 yellow stems of grasses. It was not largi? for the bird, but the conspicuous 

 color of the materials at once betraved the nest as we chanced to land within 

 a few feet of it. The female immediatelv slid from it, and was not seen 

 again, Init her mate was undisturbed by our }>resence. Afterwards other 

 nests were obtained at Halifax, on the edge of swampy woods, uiade of 

 stubble, and placed in low bushes. All the eggs I obtained were white, of a 



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