196 NORTir AMKRICAN JHUDS. 



Accordiiijf to Mr. Amlulxni its son;,' consists of a lew weak notes that are 

 by no moans inturestinjf. His deHcrii)ti(tn of its nost a^^rees with that of 

 Wilson. Ho statos that it usually has two lu'ootls in tho .season, one in May, 

 tho other in .Inly. The yoiuij,' disiJorso as soon as they are able to provide for 

 themselves. 



He describes them s-.s of solitary habits, and adds that they leave Louisi- 

 ana for the Soutii early in Oettilier. Its tli<,dit is short, undetermined, and 

 ])erformod in zigzag liue.s. It will aseend twenty or thirty yards in the 

 air as if about to go to a greater di.stance, when, suddenly turning round, it 

 will descend to the i)la(e from which it set out. It rarely ]>ursues insects 

 on the wing, feeding chietly on the smaller kind of .s])idors, and seizing other 

 insects as they come within its roach. 



The above accounts of its breeding, and especially of its nest, do not cor- 

 ros]iond with the observations of ^Ii'. Ifidgway, neai' Mt. Carmel, III, where 

 the bird is abundant. A nost collected l)y him is a very loose open struc- 

 ture, composed chielly of broiid, thin, and ilexilile strips of the inner bark 

 of deciduous trees, chiefly the l)ass-W(jod. It contained five eggs, and was 

 obtained iMay H. It was first di.scovored by noticing tho bird with mate- 

 rials in her l)ill. The situation of tiiis nost " was in no wise," siiys Mr. Iii<'.g- 

 way, "as described by \Vils(jn, not luiving any covered entrance." The nost 

 was veiy bulky, and so loo.soly made tiiat only the inner portion coidd be 

 secured. " I have Ibund other nests," adds Mr. Itiilgway, " all correspond- 

 ing with this one. There can be no doubt as to its identity, as the birds 

 were scon building the nost, and were closely watched in their movements. 

 Both male and female were seen several times." (No. 1(),14U, Smith. Coll.) 



The eggs of this si)ecios measure .70 of an inch in length by .o?> in breadth. 

 Their ground-color is white, s))rinkled with a few roddish-brown spots. 



Helminthophaga ruflcapilla, Baird. 



KASHVILLE WABBLEB. 



Syh-ia ruficiipilla, Wn.s. Am. Oiii. Ill, 1811, 120, pi. xxvii, lig. 3. — Akd. Oni. Biog. I, 

 18.32, 4.")0, jil. l.x.\xi.\. Ihliniiifliophiioa rvficdpilln, HAiiin, Birds N. Am. 1858, 256; 

 li.v. IT;').— Sci.ATKli, r. Z. S. IS.-.il, 37:i (XalapiO. — D1!1>ski:, lliis, ()5, 477 (Texas).— 

 ('<"M'i;i!, Oni. Cal. I, lS7(i, 82. ,Siili-ia nil'rir,i/ii//,i, Wii,s. Am. Om. VI, 1812, !'>, 

 (ii'iii'ial liidi'x. — XriT., 15ox. Sijh-iaila. nth. Uhmi. ]%rm intra rub. Hon. — Hki.n- 

 llAltUT, Vi.l. Mi-<I. for 1853, 185-J, 82 ((iicciiland). — liiii-.WKU, Pr. Bo.st. Soc. N. H. 

 VI, 1856, 4 (iifst and eggs). Ifdiitnia riili. Arn. Birds Am. II, jd. cxiii. Ilihinthrits 

 rub. Bon. — Sci.. V. A. S. ]S.".(i, 201 (Cordova) ; l8.''>i», 3f;;i (.Valapa). Jfil,iiiii//i,i/ili(i(ja 

 rub. t'Ali. — Sn.ATKi;, I'. '/.. S. IS'iS, 298 (Oaxaca ; Fid), ami Aug.). Miiinlllttirnh. 

 Ki;iMiAl!in-, lliis, 186], 6 (r.rconland). Siih-iu huiu„i(,stni, Shaw, Gi'ii. Zoul. X, il, 

 1817, 622. " SiiliHii mishvUlei," ViEiLLor. — Uhav. Sylvia mexicaiut, Holboll. 



Sr. CiiAH. Hoal and neck abovu and on sides asti-frray, tlic crown with a patch of 

 conceali'd daik lirownish-oranfre liiildcn liy asliy tips to tilt' f'catliur.s. Upjior ])art.s olivo- 

 gruLMi, brightest on tlie rump. Under parts generally, with the edge of the wing, deep 



