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Octiilior 10, r'iirlislc, I't'iiii.) (liU'cis in liiiviui,' Ihv liliick ;ippcnvinj:j in patclu'.s, 

 tlio thruiil being nidstly wliitu ; tluire is al.su a narrow wLilo suiierciliary 

 sUipo. 



ll.vnnx Tii(> niacic-tln'oated liio AVarlil.'r, at diircrcnt seasons of tlic 

 year, is distriljiited over neaily tlie whole eastern jjortion of North Anieriea. 

 Abundant in the West Indies in winter, as also in tlie South Atlantic States 

 in early spring and late in fall, it is found during the breeding-season from 

 Northern Now York and New Hngland nearly to the Arctic regions. A few 

 probaljly stop to breetl in the liigii portions of Massachusetts, and in late 

 seasons they linger about the orchards until dune. They undoubtedly hreed 

 in Vermont, X(!W Hampshire, and Maine. 



Dr. AVoodiioiise states tliat he found it abundant in Texiis ; but this is the 

 oidy instance, ,so far as is known, of its occurring west of the Missi.ssijipi 

 Valley. 



Towards the clo.se of the remarkably mild winter of ISOt"), a ])air of the.se 

 birds were oUserved for .several days in a sheltered portion of iJoston. They 

 were in excellent condition, and were very laisily employed hunting for the 

 larvai and eg^s of in.sects and sjiiders in the corners and crevices of the walls 

 of hou.ses and (ait-biiildings, evidently (d)tinning a full supply. In Southern 

 Illinois, Mr. Itidgway cites this Warbler as one of the least cmunion of the 

 s])ring and fall visitants. 



Audubon found this s]iecies in nearly every Southern and Southwestein 

 State during tiieir migrations. They arrive in South Carolina late in March, 

 are most abundant in Ajiril, and leave early in May. They keej) in the deei) 

 woods, ])assing among the brandies about twenty feet from the ground. Jle 

 traced them as far north as the Magdaleine Islands, but found none in New- 

 foundland, and liut a single specimen in Labrador. They breed in Nova 

 Scotia, and a nest was given him found near Halifax liy Dr. .Mac( 'ulloch. 

 The.se were .said to be usually jjlacod on the horizontal liranch of a tir-tree, 

 .seven or eight feet from the ground, and to be composed of Hue strips of l)ark, 

 mosses, and fdirous roots, and lined with line grasses and a warm bed of 

 feathers. The eggs, li\(' in nundier, were white, with a rosy tint, and sprin- 

 kled with reddish-brown dots, cliieHy at the larger end. 



This Warbler is an expert catcher of tiie smaller winged insects, pursuing 

 them (|uite a distance, and, when .seizing them, making the clicking sound of 

 the true Flycatcher. So far as they have been ob.served. they have no song, 

 only a monotonous and sad-sounding r/i<ij). 



Nuttall, in the secontl edition of his Alanual, mentions having oliserved 

 several ])airs near Karranville, rcnn., on the Susiiueiianna, and among tiie 

 AUeghanie.s. It was in May, and in a thick and shady wood of hendock. 

 They were busy foraging for food, and were uttering what he describes as 

 slender, wiry notes. 



In Western Afassachusetts, My. Allen states it to be common from the loth 

 to the 2r.tli of May, and again in SeptiMuber. They were fouml by Mr. ('. W. 



