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ciinl took it iit Oaxaca. Ft luis Ikh'ii oblained in (Juatemala and Jamaica. In 

 tlio latter j)lace it is t'oiuul the I'litiir .season. In ("nba, in tlie winter, it is 

 (juite coninuai. It has also been i'unnd in St. Doniinf^^o, and jn'obal)!}' in tlie 

 other West India Islands Mr. (Josse states that these birds do not ajipear in 

 -laniaiea before the Kitli of Auyusl, and that they leave by the tirst of Ajiril. 

 On tlie other hand, ilr. March, in hi.s notes on the birds of that island, states 

 that on the Sth ol' Anpist he olilained an old binl and two yonn<j:, the latter 

 of whieli he was confident had l)een liatched on the island, and his son had 

 met witli the birds all lhrouj,'li the snnnaer, and had i)rocured a S2)ecimen on 

 the 4tli of -Inne. 



AVilsdii states tliat the habits of tiii-* s]iecies jiartake nioi'c of those of the 

 Croejier than of tlie trne Warbler. He met witli it in (ieor^ia in the month 

 of Febrnary. He s])eaks of its notes as loud, and as re.senddin.y those of the 

 Indij^o-Bird. It remained some time ereei»ing around the brandies of the 

 same pine, in tlie manner of a I'uri's, utterinj,' its sony every few minutes. 

 Wiien it Hew to anotiier tree, it wmild alij;ht on the trunk and run nimbly 

 up and down in search of in.scct.s. Tliey are said to arrive in (leorgia in 

 February, aft ;• an al)sence of only three month.s. Wilson states that tiiey 

 occur as far north as reiinsylvaiiia, lait (h)es not ,uive his autliority. 'I'lic 

 food of this species ajijiears to lie larva' and l>n)>a', rather than winj^ed insects. 

 Tho.se dis.seeted by ^Ir. (iosse in Jamaica were found to have (piite lar;^e 

 stomaclis, containing' caterpillars of various kinds. 



Xuttall and Audubdii are very cunliadictorv in their statiMiieiits toui'liinf; 

 its nestinj;', and it is iKjt jirnbulile that ihi' accuunts yi\cii by eitlier are 

 founded ujion any reliable authorities. The former di'scribes a nest ri'imirk- 

 alile liotli f(ir structure and situation, .siid to have liceii Inimd in West Flor- 

 ida, suspemleil by a kind of rojie from the end of bianciies ovi'r a stream 

 or a ravine. Tiiis nest, entirely peiisih', is im]M'r\i(iiis to rain, and witli an 

 entrance at tlie iMittuin. Me >/]\{'s a \i'\y full and iiiiiiule description of i', is 

 nest, but jiives no autliority and no data to establish its aulheiiticity. Wr 

 can therefore only <lismiss it as jirobubly erroiUMMis. 



< )ii the other hand, Mr. Audubon claims to liaxc seen its nest, ol' which he 

 jiives a very dillercnt acciaint. He describes it as very jpicttily constructed, 

 like the nests of any other of this f^cnns, its outer parts n.ide of dry lichens 

 and soft mosses, the inner of silky substancrs and tibres of the Spiinish moss. 

 The ci:,L(s are said to be ibiir in number, with a white jinaind-color mid u fiw 

 )iuiple (lots near the larj^er cinl. lie thinks they raise two iiroods in a sea- 

 son in Louisiana. These nests are not pensili', but are |ilaced on the liorixoii- 

 tal branch of the typrcss, fi(Mii twenty to lifly feet abo\e the eiouiid. il 

 closely resembles a knot or a tiifl of nios.s, and therefore is not easily discov- 

 ered from below. 



A iie-<t coiit.iiuiiiL: a siii<,de ejii,', found by Mr. <ios-i(> near Neosho Falls, and 

 supposed to beloiiji' to this speeies, but not fully idi'iitilied, was built in a low 

 .sajilinj; a few feet from the yroiind, and is a very neat structure, such as is 



