

272 NORTH A.MKRKJAX ItlRDS. 



•Itinstioii not iiltn.r(,tli("r set fled t(. tlic iiiiii.ls of some. It was dcacrihed by 

 Wilson from a sin-lc s|,..ciMR'ii ol,t;.iiR'.l near tlio I'.liie Kiduo of Virjriniii. 

 Aii(1;i1m);i Ibiind iiiiother in the collcc-tion of the Zooloj^i..,,! Soeioty. Fn.ni 

 this he iniide lii.s dniwiiij,'. A thud lia.s also .ee.i met with and (K'.seril)ed l.y 

 Vieillut. We know nolhin.y' in w^nvd lo its iial)it.s, except that its song is said 

 to he a sin-le snrrp, three or four times repeated. Us l)reedin',^-habits, its 

 manner of nii,-,vration, and tiio jJaee of its more abun(hint occurrence, yet 

 remain entirely unknown. 



Pendroica kirtlandi, Baird. 



KIBTLAND'S WASBLEB. 



><^l>Mn,ln k-irthiuli, 1{,M,:„, Ann. X. Y. I,yr. V, ,I„m,., IS.Vi, 217, l^l. vi (Clovolan.!, Ohio). 

 -("AssiN, lllu.si. I, isr,.-,, L-rs, 1,1. xlvii. J>,,,lnm;, kirlhnuli, Haikd, liiids N Aia 

 ISr.S, 28ti ; H,.v. '2(11!. 



Sr. TirAU. ALovr sl,it..-l,lM(.. Ilic fratliprs of the cmwii witli i, nairow, tlu.sc of the 

 mi(l,il.. „f the h-M-k Willi a l.n.,„i,M-, stnN.k „r li|,-,..k : ,. nanow lionlK.t invojviii- the- lores 

 the ant.MMoi- .m.,1 of the eye. iiiwl the spmv l,,.nealh il (,,ossil,ly the whole aancuhi.-s), hlaek \ 

 the ro.st of the eyelids white. The under parts are clear vellow (almost white on the 

 under tad-coverts); the Ijreast with small spots and sides of the ho.ly with short streaks 

 of hlaek. The -reater and mi.idle wiiin-eoverts, ,i„ills, and lail-foathors are edged with 

 •lull whitish. Tlu. two outer tail-feallu'is have a dull wliite spot near the end of the inner 

 web, largest on the first. Leiiiilh. .")..".(); wing, '2.80; tail, 2.70. (4,3(i3.) 



IIad. Northern Ohio, and IJaliainas. 



In addition to the type whieli is in tlie collection of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, a second specimen was olitained by Dr. Samuel Cabot, of Boston, 

 taken at sea between tlie islands of Al)aco and ("uba. It nnist, however, be 

 considered as one of tlie rarest of American birds. 



HAiiiT.s. Kirtland's Warbler is so far known liy only a few rare speci- 

 mens as a bird of Nortii America, and its biography is utterly unknown. 

 The first specimen of tiiis s]tecies, so far as is known, -was obtained by Dr. 

 Jared P. Kirtland, of Cleveland, ()., in U;\y, ISal. It was shot by that nat- 

 ni-alist in woods near tlitit city, and was by him given to Professor Baird, who 

 descrilied it in the Annals (.f tiie Xew York Lyceum. Ft apjiears to be 

 closely allied to both the llcoronafu and D. oiuhihoni, and yet to be a spe- 

 cifically distinct bird. A second speeim-n, in the cabinet of Dr. Samuel 

 Cabot, Jr., of iioston, was obtained at sea, between the islands of Cuba and 

 Abaco. A tiiird specimen was ol)tained June !>, 18C)(), near Cleveland, and 

 is in the collection of Mr. 1{. K. Winslow, of that city. Anotlier si)ecimen 

 is also reported as having been olitained in the same neigh Ixn-hood, but not 

 preserved; tind Dr. Hoy, of K'acine, AVis., is confident that he has seen it in 

 the neighborhood of that jilaee. At jiresent all that we can give in regard 

 to its history, habits, or distribution must be inferred from these few and 

 meagre facts. 



