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arrival in Pennsylvania and Ni'W Jersey early in April, and its almost 

 innncdiali) and sudden disai)iK'aranii'. He several times olitaincd them at 

 that |ieri()d, and yet lias also sliot tiieu' in Louisiana as late as dune, while 

 busily searciliini^ tor food aiuon^' the blossoms of the cotlon-]ilant. 



Wilson also reji'arded this sjieeies as very rare. He r(!]Ha'ts it as jiassin<^r 

 through Pennsylvania aJKUit the middle of May, hut soon disaiiiiearin,u. He 

 describes these birds as haviiiu many of the habits of Titndee, and dis- 

 ]»layin;4- all their activity, it haiij;s ahcait the extremity of tlu! t\vij,'s, and 

 darts about from place to place with restless dilij^ence in search of various 

 kinds of larviv. Wilst)n never met with it in tJie summer, and \ery rarely 

 in the fall. 



Mr. Nuttall noticed this s]i(!cies passing through Massachusetts about the 

 luth of April. He regarded it as an active insert-iuuiter, keepiuL^- in the to])s 

 of the hij^hest trees, dartinii' about with j;reat activity, and hanging;- from the 

 twi;j;s with fluttering win.ijs. i)iw of these liirds that had been wouiuUmI 

 soon became reconciled to its coidinement, and iireodiiy cauuht at and 

 devouretl the Hies that weic oiferiid. In its habits and manners it seemed 

 to him to greatly resend)le the Chi'stnut-sided Warbler. 



Mr. T. M. Tripjie speaks of this Wariiler as one of the last to arrive nt>ar 

 Orange, X. Y. ( )wing to the fact that at that time the foliage is pretty deiisi', 

 and that it makes but a sliort stay, it is not often s(!en. He s])eaks of it as 

 not quite so active as the other Warlders, keeping more on the lower boughs, 

 and seldom ascemling to the tops of the trees. 



Mr. C. W. Wyatt met with this species at Xaranjcj, in (Colombia, South 

 America. 



Kggs of this bird ol)tained by Mr. (ieorge Tlusii at Coldwater, ni'ar 

 Lake Sup(iri(a', are of an oblong-o\al sliape, measuring .7"> by .~)'2 of an inch, 

 and except in their su]ierior si/e and lewer markings might be mistaken for 

 eggs of I), (infira. Their ground-color is a bluish or greenish white. The 

 markings are vt'ry few and fine, except tliosi' in tlie crown around the laiger 

 end, and there the blotches are deeper and itntw mnnerous. Tlieir colors are 

 dark reddish-brown and purple. 



Mr. ^layuard found this s]iecies the most abundant of the Si// rim/ Ida- at 

 Lake Undjagog, where it bieeds. 'I'wo nests wen; taken in -lune. One was 

 found June •\, in a tree by the side of a cart-]iath in the woods, just com- 

 pleted. It was built in the horiz""tal branch of a heudock, twenty feet 

 from the ground, and live or six from tlu^ triiidv of the tree. ]W the 8th of 

 .Tu'.e it contained three fresh eggs. The other was built in a similar situa- 

 tion, Id'teen feet from the ground, ami contained two fresli eggs. 



These ne.sts were large for the bird, and resendiled those of the I'urple 

 Finch. They were c(nn|»o.sed outwardly of line twigs of tlu; hai'kmatack, 

 with which was mingled smut; of the long hanging llsnva mos.ses. Tiiey were 

 very smoothly and neatly lined with black libr(Mis roots, the seed-stalks of 

 C/niloiiia mosses, and a few hairs. They had a diameter of aluait six inches, 



