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nimbly among tlie yoiing leaves, and thought they possessed many of the 

 habits of the Titmice. Their notes he descrilwd as few and weak, and in 

 their stomaclis he found, upon dissection, small green caterpillai's and a few 

 winged insects. 



Mr. Audubon nUo regarded it as a rare species, and only three specimens 

 ever fell within his observations. These were obtained in Louisiana and at 

 Key West. He describes them as appearing to be nimble, active birds, ex- 

 pert catcliers of tlies, and fond of hanging to the extremities of branches, 

 uttering a single mellow tweet as they tly from branch to branch in search of 

 food, or while on the wing. 



Mr. Nuttall a])pears not to have met witli it. Dr. Richardson procured 

 only a single specimen at Cumberland House, in the latter ])art of May. 

 This was in a dense thicket of small trees, and was flying about among the 

 lower bmnches. He was unable to discover its nest, or to learn anything in 

 regard to its habits. 



A little more light has since then been given both as to its geographical 

 distribution and its mode of nesting. Specimens of this species have been 

 obtained in Costa Eica, Guatemala, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Panama. A speci- 

 men of this species was also taken in Colombia, S. A., by Mr. C. W. Wyatt. 

 Dr. Gundlach mentions it as occasionally found in Cuba. Mr. Drexler 

 secured specimens of it at Moose Factory and at Fort tJeorge in the arctic 

 regions. Specimens were taken by Mr. Bernard II. Eoss at Fort Simpson. 

 ^Ir. Kobert Kennicott met witli it on the northern shores of Lake Winni- 

 peg, June G. They were then abundant, and had already mated. He again 

 met with them at Fort liesolution, and Mr. Clarke found them at Fort Kae, 

 Mr. W. F. Hall in Maine, ^Ir. Bell on the Upper Missouri, and Professor 

 Baird in Penn-sylvania. Mr. Eidgway lias obtained it both in sjjring and in 

 fall in Southern Illinois, where it is abundant in some seasons. It does not 

 appear to occur on the Pacific coast. 



Mr. Boardman writes that the Teiniessee Warbler is, in the summer time, 

 cpiite a common bird in St. Stephens and vicinity. Its notes, he adds, re- 

 semble the low, subdued whistle of tlie common Summer Yellow-Bird. 



Mr. Maynard found this Warbler very connnon near Lake Unduigog dur- 

 inji the breeding-season. It was found in all the wooded localities in tlie 

 regions north of the neighboring mountains. Its son!.', he states, resembles 

 that of H. nijicapilln, the notes of the first part lieing more divided, while 

 tlie latter part is shriller. 



A nest of this Warbler (Smith. Coll., 347<)), obtained on the northern shore 

 of Lake Superior by Mr. (»eorge Barnston, is but little more than a nearly flat 

 bed of dry, matted stems of giuss, and is less than an inch in tliickness, with 

 a diameter of about three inclies. It is not circular in shape, and its width 

 is not uniform. Its position must have been on some flat surface, probably 

 the ground. The eggs resemble those of all the family in having a white 

 gi'ound, over which are profusely distributed numerous small dots and points 



