280 NOHTH AMKKU'AN lilKDS. 



the pectoral collar; one (No. (id.XTT, ]\lt. Carinel, Wabash ("o., 111., Aug. 9) 

 has tliis entirely interriiiiteil. In tliis imlividiial lliere is no trace oi" a 

 wiiitish suitra-iuiricular streak; while others i'rnni the same locality, and 

 obtained at tiie same date, have tlie band across tiie juguhmi continuous, and 

 a (juite distinct white streak over the ear-coverts. 



H.MilTS. Of this somewhat rare Warbler very little is as yet well known. 

 Its habits and distribution during tlie breediiig-sea.son need more liglit than 

 we now ])()ssess to enalile us to give its story with any degree of exactness. 

 Its appeiirance in I'ennsylvania, Oiiio, llHnois, and Missouri early in May, 

 when Warblers that go north to breed are on their way, at first suggested its 

 belonging to that class. It is not known to proceed any farther north, e.x- 

 cejit in accidental instances; though the writer has been a.ssured, and lias no 

 rea.son to doubt the fact, tiiat it abounds and Ineeds in the neighliorhood 

 of Niagara Falls. I can find no good evidence that it ever o(!curs in Massa- 

 chusetts. Individuals have been ol)tained in northern South America, Pana- 

 ma, and ('ul)a. Dr. Woodhou.se dcscrilics it as ([uite common in Texas and 

 in the Indian Territory, wliere it breed.s, as lie obtained l)oth tiie ohl and tlie 

 young birds. It was also abundant among the timbered hinds of the Arkan- 

 sas and its tril)utaries. It was not obtained in any other of the government 

 e.xpeditions, nor was it found in Arizona by Dr. ("(uie.s. Mr. T. M. Trii)pe 

 noticed a single individual near Orange, N. Y. Wilson sujijiosed tliem to 

 breed in I'ennsylvania, though he was never able to find their nests. He 

 usually met with these birds in marshes or on the borders of streams among 

 the branches of poplars. Their haliits were those of the Klycatciiers. He 

 saw none later than the L'Otli t>f August. Describing this species as the Uliie- 

 green W^irbler, as met with by him on the banks of tiie ("umberland early in 

 April, he mentions its gleaning for food among tiie upper brandies of the 

 ■ tallest trees, rendering it dillicult to lie pruciiied. Its resemblance, in liabits, 

 to Flycatchers, he again remarks. Its only note was a feeble chirp. 



According to Audulton, this Warbler ajipears in I^ouisiana, where it also 

 breeds early in s])ring, and leaves the tirst of Oi'tober. Lil<e all its family, it 

 is (piite lively, has a similar flight, moves sideways up and down the liranches, 

 and hangs from the ends of the twigs in its .search for insects. 



^Ir. Audul)on also states that the liveliness of the notes of this WarUer 

 renders it cons])icuous in the forests, the .skirts of which it i're(iuents. Its 

 .song, tiiough neitiier loud nor of long continuance, lie speaks of as extremely 

 sweet and mellow. He found it as nunu'rous in the State of Louisiana as 

 any other Warbler, so that he could sometimes obtain tive or six in a single 

 walk. 



The nest he descrilM's as placed in the I'orks of a low tree or bush, partly 

 jiensile, ])rojecting a little above the twigs to which it is attached, and ex- 

 tending below them nearly two inches. Tlie outer i)art is composed of the 

 iilires of vines and the stalks of herbaceous ])lants, with slender roots ar- 

 ranged in a circular manner. Tlie nest is lined with iiua dry fibres ol the 



