SVLVICOLID.K - Til H \VA liBLHRS. 287 



Spanisli moss. The o-o-s are five in nuinlwr, of a pure wliite with a few led- 

 (hsh siM.ts about tho lar-or end. WIum. distuihe.l duiiu- iucuhation the 



kMiiahi IS .said to trail aloii- tin; Lrauchcs witii .h' .in- wiiins and i.h.intivo 



notes, m tlie manner of 1). uslim. After the young iia\e left the nest, they 

 move and hunt (o,i,'ether, in company with their parents, eviueiny great iietiv- 

 ity m the pursuit of insects. They are also said to have a great ])artiality 

 for trees the toj.s of whiidi are thickly covered with grapevines, and to occa- 

 sionally alight on tall weeds, feeding upon their seeds. 



In his visit t(. Te.xas, Mr. Aiidul.on met a largo number of these birds 

 apparently coming IVom .Mexico. Un one occasion he encountered a lar-e 

 tioek on a small island. 



Mr. Xuttall mentions fiiuling these birds very abundant in Tennessee and 

 also in West Florida. 



In only a single instance has the writer met witli this Warbler This was 

 about the mid.lle of Ju.e, at the Fairmount Water Works in the city of I'liila- 

 <lelphia, where, among the tops of the trees, a single individual was busily 

 engaged ,n hunting insects, undisturbed by the largo numbers and vicinity 

 ot visitors to the grounds. It kept in the tops of the trees, movin- about 

 with groat agility. " 



Mr. Ifidgway gives the CaM-ulean Warbler as the most abundant species 

 ot Its genus in the Lower Wabash Valley, not only during the spring and 

 all migratmns, but also in the summer, when it breeds more plentifully even 

 han the R astlra. It inhabits, however, only the deep woods of the bot- 

 toni laiKls, where it is seldom seen, and only to be distinguished by the nat- 

 nvalist. Inhabiting, mostly, the tree-top.s, it is an inconspicuous bird and 

 thus one that easily escapes notice. In its habits it is j.erhaps less inte'ivst- 

 mg than others of its genus, being so retired, and possessing only the most 

 feeble notes. o j 



Dendroica blackburniae, r.viiu). 



BLACKBUBNIAN WARBLER; OBANGE-THROATED WABBLEB 



MoU,a/!„ MMrnia, li.M,,,.,s-. Syst. Xat. I, 1788, -.77. S,/ri„ W. Latk. ; Wir.sov III 

 V. xxin. N,nT ; Ar... .„„. liio,. I., V, ,,1. .xxxv. ..vxnx. S,Mn,. U. .rl.a. • 

 / • '•,';■ ' "■ "' •'•• '•''■'^■"- /■''"■'"""/''"- '''■ <'A". .Mms. Il,.in. 1S.^„ 1, 



J "1 n';, , '7!' "'■''' ^- ^""- ''''• -"' ■' '''■^•- '**"• -«' '.vrKU ^ S.v,v,N, Il,is; 

 18.,!., .,„aU.n,ala). - .S.-,,.vn.;i,. V. Z. S. 18^-.., :iU;i ,Xala,m) ; II.. ]8,m, 04 ,K,.„a,l,M> 

 --In. Catal. 1801, m, no. 187 (I'allatun.a an.l Xa-u.^al, Wna.!,.,). - .^ ^m,-,-, s 007 



MM.1N, I, 1-88, !i,l 0;.nn,r ,„:n.,i ,7 /'. ,7.,n,„.., HuFF. V. 313, ,.1. Iviii, ti.. 3, 

 ..M,ana. .sy. .,,„..., W„.s. V, ,1. .xliv, ,i.. 3. - Am. 0,„. !«.« ,1, pi. .xtxiv 



\ uu.. Nouv. )ut. \I. 1817, 180 (.MaitiMi,,,,,.). - In. Kueycl. MOth. II, iU. 

 Loca .t,..s ,, noted : Ji,„j,„„, s..,..vr,.:ii, V. Z. S. 18r,.s 143. />„„„„„, l.,,vh. An,, N V 



f , ^ ,'; ^^- "f '''■'■"' *'^"- 'f'""-- I'^'i''. ='^'^- /^/""""v, unvAN,', no.st. vv. vn, 



lSi.y. ycra!/u„, hMAis. Ci/o-i,, (wintur ; ia,v), Sc.Miaii! vs,- 



