SYTAICOLIDJ': — THE \VAUIiLEl{S. 1(J3 



extent of territoiy. Wilson met witli it in I'cnnsylvtiniii durinj]; tlic last of 

 A]ii'il and the first of .May, lielievini,' it to he only a niiLtrant s|)e(!ies on its 

 way to more northern regions. Xuttall was sceptieal of tiiese conelusions, 

 as he never met with the speeies in the Xew Kngland States. Andul)oii 

 observed these birds in their migrations through Louisiana, whieh State they 

 entered from Texas in the montii of A\m\. He procured several s]t(!vinu'ns 

 in Louisiana and Kentucky, and one in New Jersey, lie knew nothing as 

 to its breeding, and seems to have accepted Wilson's inferences in regard to 

 its northern migrations. He never met with this bird in the fall, when, if a 

 Xorthern sjiecies, it shoukl be returning south, and thence inierred that it 

 migrated by night. 



Professor r>aird has obtained this binl near Carlisle, Penn., in duly, 

 rendering probal)le its breeding in that vicinity. W. S. Wood met with 

 it near St. Louis, May lo, 1S.")7, and two days previously in the same 

 year jMr. Kennicott procured an individual in Souti'iern Illinois. Occa- 

 sionally specimens have been obtained in Alassaehu.setts, and of late these 

 occurrences have Ijecome more freiiuent or more ob.served. It was first 

 noticed near Poston by ,]. Eliot Cabot, Ks(|., who shot one in May, \H:',H, 

 near Fresh Poud. This was, he thinks,' on the 2(tth of that month. Since 

 then Mr. J. A. Allen has known of several si)ecimens taken within the 

 State. Mr. Jillson has ob.served it spending the sunnner in Polton, and 

 evidently breeding, as has also 'Sir. Allen at Springiield, and Mr. IJennett at 

 llolyoke. In the summer of ISTt), Mr. ^laynard obtainetl its nest and eggs 

 in Newton. 



The late Dr. (ierhardt found it breeding among the high grounds of North- 

 ern Georgia. It has also Ijeen taken at Pacine, Wi.s., by J)r. Hoy, and in 

 Ohio. These data seem to show that it is sjjaringly found from Oeorgia to 

 Massachusetts, and from New Jer.sey to Missouri and Wisconsin. Its west- 

 ern limits may be more extended. It was not met with l)y any of the ex- 

 jiloring ]»arties iHjyond St. Louis, but its retiring habits and its spar.se distri- 

 bution may account for this. 



])r. Sajuuel Cabot was the fii-st naturalist to meet with the nest and ovaa 

 of this bird. This was in May, 18.".7, in (ireenbrier County, ^'a. The nest 

 was con.stvucted in the midst of a low bush on high ground, and contained 

 four eggs. 



The late Dr. Alexander (lerhardt ibund the nest and eggs of this Warbler 

 in the sja'ing of IS;")!), in Whittield County, (!a. It contained four eggs, and 

 was built on the ground. It was very large for the bird, being live inches in 

 height and four in diameter. The cavity was also quite large and deep for 

 so small a binl, e.\ceeding three inches both in depth and in diameter. The 

 outer and under jim-tions of this nest were almost entirely com])osed of the 

 dry leaves of sevt^ral kinds of deciduous trees. These were interwoven with 

 and strongly bound together by black vegetable roots, dry sedges, and line 

 stri])s of pliant bark, and the whole lined with a close network of fine 

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