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r,()raliliin i/iiiiteil. Biiliiinias ; l!('iiniiil:i ; Culiii; .IiiiiiiiicM : SiUilii Ciiiz; Wrsl liulii's; 

 Coiil<iv;i, Xalapa, OiiXiwa, Mcx. ; (iiiiiti'iiiala ; I'aiiiiiiiii II. Ii. ; lioL^uia. 



Specimens bret'din^' in tlie Soutliern States diilor in rather lunjier liill uml 

 less amount of black, Inil are otherwise undistinguishable. 



IIaiui's. Tiie r>hicU and White ('ree[ier, nowiicri' an al)nndant siummcs, is 

 met with in various sections of the country. It occurs in all i)arts of New 

 En<,'land and Xew Vork, and has been found in tlie interim' as far north as 

 Fort Simpson. It has been met with on the I'acitic coast only at Mazat- 

 lan, is conunon in the liaiianias and most of the West India Islands, j^en- 

 erally as a nii<,frant. It has also been found in Texas, in the Indian Terri- 

 tory, and in Mexico, and tlirouj^hont Central America. In the last-named 

 region Mr. Salvin states it to be pretty iMpially ami generally spread over 

 tlie whole country. It is there migratory, leaving in spring. It was also 

 detected in Cobunbia, South Anu'rica, l)y iMr. 

 C. W. Wyatt. Mr. Newton also met with it 

 as a winter visitant in St. Croi.x, leaving tiiat 

 island at the end of Marcii. He regards this 

 species as almost a tliorougii ("ret^piM' in iial>its. 

 In Jamaica a few are residi-nt througiiout tiie 

 year, according to the observations of .Mr. 

 Mandi, and though its nests iiave never bei'n 

 found there, a son of Mr. March saw a pair 

 carrying materials with which to construct 

 one. 



Dr. Coues states that this Warbler is a very 

 common summer resident near Washington, 



but is nuire abundant there in the spring and in tlie fall, tiie greater number 

 going farther mu'tii to breed. Tiiey arrive in Washington during tlie tirst 

 week in April, and are exceedingly nunu'rous luitil May. Me a(hls that tliey 

 are generally found in iiigii ojieii woods, and tiiat they "breed in hoh's in 

 trees." This is probably an error, or, if ever known to occur, an entirely 

 exceptional case. 



Our bird is also a common sununer visitant at Calais, arriving tlu'ie about 

 the 1st of May, and by the lOtli becoming rather aliunthint. Mr. IJoardman 

 has frequently found their nests there, and always on tlie ground, in rocky 

 places and usually under small tret!s. 



It does not appear to have been met with on the Pacific coast north of 

 Mazatlan, nor in any portion of Western North America, beyond the valleys 

 of the Missi.ssip])i and the IJio (Jrande. 



In its habits this bird seems to be ninie of a Creejier than a Warbler. 

 It is an expert and niinlile climber, and rarely, if ever, perches on the branch 

 of a tree or shrub. In the manner of the smaller Woodpeckers, the Cree])- 

 ers, Nuthatches, and Titmice, it moves rapidly around the trunks and larger 

 limbs of the trees of the forest in search of small insects and their larvie. 



Mniotiltn varia 



