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allowing one to come within a few feet, as it peeps 

 about among the twigs of low trees and shrubs. 

 It rather seems to have a good deal of curiosity, 

 for it will peep at a person approaching, and if 

 he move slowly and avoid anything to provoke 

 alarm, will hop gradually down from twig to twig, 

 stretching out its neck, until it is almost within 

 touch. Three or four will sometimes chase each 

 other among the branches, and from bush to bush, 

 uttering at intervals a monotonous chirruping. Its 

 notes are very varied; sometimes a loud cheivurr, 

 or sweet-willy uttered with deliberation and much 

 mellowness of tone. I have heard it in March 

 uttering with surprising loudness a single clear 

 and shrill whistle, slightly modulated : after a while 

 it changed this to a double note, to-whit, to-whit, 

 equally loud and piercing. About the same sea- 

 son I have listened to che-che-che-churrrr ; and in 

 May, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, to-too. 



I have never found anything but seeds in the 

 stomach of this bird; though I do not doubt that 

 it eats insects also. 



The White-eyed Flycatcher is one of those species 

 that are only partially migratory ; during the sum- 

 mer it spreads over the United States. It is found 

 throughout the year in our sultry island, though 

 with diminished numbers in the summer. 



