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it breediu,!;. N'owlu'rc aliiiii(liiiit, tliciii wcri' larj^i; triicts of comitry wlicro 

 lie novel' met with it, (>r wliuri! it was of nire occinrniK'i'. J If Imiiiil it iimst 

 nbiiii(laiit ill tiie viciiiiiv of Kastport, ^Sfe. Hu also met with it iliiiiii^' 

 suiiiiiit'i', ill Xe\v Kiiulaiid ucncially, Xortlifrn IViiiisyhaiiia, and Now Vuik, 

 lint not in Labrador. Ilu doscribos its lialiits as a niin^lin^' of tlioso of tliu 

 Wai'bloi's and of the Yiroo, und its notes as reseinhling those of the latter. 

 In its search for food he found it quite regardless of the near inesi'iice of man. 

 In its sjirii!,^; iiii.iiratioiis it |iasses tiirough the wooils usually in [laiis, in llie 

 fall i'eai)]iearing in lloeks of si.\ or Keveii. In breeding it occurs only in 

 single pairs, and each ]iai' a]»pro]iriate.s to itself a large tract of territory 

 within wliiidi no other is usually I'ounil. .After Oetoljer, al! have jiassed be- 

 yond the limits of the I'liited States. 



During the winter months it ajipears to be (luite common in different ]iarts 

 of Mexico and ( 'entral America. In the large collection of ( iuatciiialaii skins 

 collected by Dr. Van Patten, and jiurcliased by the IJoston Natural History 

 Society, this bird was one of the most abundant of tlu' migratory sjiecies. 

 Specinitiiis wen^ taken by Mr. Boucard at I'laya N'iceiite, in the hot country 

 of Oa.xaca, Mexico. 



Dr. Woodhonse found this Warbler common in the Indian Territory and 

 in Te.xas, and Lieutenant Couch met with it in Tamauliiias, Mexico, in March, 

 lH~)o. With these exceptions it has not lieeii oliserved in any of the go\eiii- 

 meiit surveys, or found west of the valley of the Ilio Grande. Iicsides the 

 points named, it has lieeii obtained in Ohio, Illinois, ^lissouri, and in the West 

 Indies, in ( 'entral and in the northern ]iortioiis of South America. Heinhardt 

 gives it as accident.d in (h'ceidand. A single stray siiecimeii was obtained 

 in Heligoland, Europe, October lU, ISoH. 



jNIr. I'aiiie, of liandidpli, Vt., notes the arrival of this bird about the 10th 

 of May. He sjieaks of it as a very sweet singer, and as usually seen in the 

 tops of tidl trees, the hemlock being its favorite resort. There it chants its 

 sweet sad notes through even the heat of the day. It continues in song 

 nearly throughout the summer. Later in the .sea.son it fretineuts the open 

 fields, in which it is seldom seen in the breeding-seas(jii. Its food, which 

 it catches on the wing in the manner of Vireos, consists of the smaller 

 winged insects, caterpillars, and other larva*. In the fall, according to Mr. 

 Audubon, it feeds upon various kinds of small berries. 



It reaches Massachusetts the first of ^lay, and is most numerous aboiit 

 the loth, when the larger jirojiortion pass farther noith. In Western 

 Maine, I'rofessor Yerrill states it to be a summer but not a common visitant ; 

 and near Calais, Mr. I'oardman has found it lireeding, but does not regard it 

 as at all common, thougli in the year l.SHT he found it quite abundant 

 in the thick woods in that neighborhood during its breeding-season. Dr. 

 Ihyant also siteaks of it as one of the most common of the AVarblers ob- 

 served by him near Yarmouth, N. S. A single .s])eciiiier was taken at Julii'.n- 

 haab, (ireenland, in 1853, and sent to the lioyal Mu.seum of Copenhagen. 



