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NORTH AilEHICAN UlRDS. 



Myiodioctes mitratus, Aud. 



HOODED WABBLEB. 



MolaciUii mifrii/ii, Omkltn, S. N. I, 17H8, 'JDJi. i>!jh-io in. Laih. ; VlF.ilx. ; Ron. ; Nrrr. ; 

 Ari). Oni, liiof,'. II, pi. ex. Si/lficalu m. Max. Sijli-iinin m. Nitiam., Mini. I, 1840, 

 'M'i. tiiiojihiimi III. J\\u>. U'ihiiiiia III. Wis. ISys. — Ai.I.K.n, I'r. K.s.scx lii.st. 18(14. 

 MyiMlimlin III. Ari). Syii. 183!), 48. — In. ISinl.s Am. II, [il. l.\.\i. — Scm.atki!, V. Z. W. 

 1850, 2itl (Cordova) ; 1858, a;i8 (Iloinima.^). — Baiuii, lUnls N. Am. 18,'>8, 292 ; Ki'V. 

 230. — .loNKs, Nut. Hfiimula, 18;')!), 2ti (March). — S(1..\tk1! k Sai.vix, ll.is, 18j<i, 11 

 ((iiiati'iiinhO. — Lawkknck, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Vlll, 03 (I'anama U. ]{.). — (!i'si(t,A(ii, 

 C'al). Jour. 18fil, 320 (Culia). — Samtki-s, 24.'i. Mijwcliniiis m. Caii. Mus. Hciii. 18.'>1. 

 — 111. .iDnr. OiM. HI, 185,"), 472 (Cuba). Miisciciijin lUculltiUi, Wii..so.\, III, jil. .\.\vi, 

 fig. 3. Musciaiiiii srlhiji, AuD. Oin. Hiog. I, jil. i.\. 



pp. CiiAH. Mule. J5ill black ; ft'ct [lale yullow. Head and nock all round and forepart 

 of the breast black. A broad patch on tiie Iniehead e.vtcndiiii,' roniul on the entire clieeks 

 and ear-coverts, wit!) the under parts, brij,'l.t yellow. T'lijier parts and sides of the body 

 olive-frreen. Greater portion of inner web of outer three tail-feathers white. 



Feniii/e similar, but without the black ; the '"dwn like the bac.'k ; the forehead yellow- 

 ish ; the sides of the head yellow, tinged with o.ivc on tlic lores and ear-coverts. Throat 

 bright yellow. 



Length, o.OO ; wing, 2.7') ; tail, S-f);"). (Skin.) 



Had. Eastern Province of ITiiitccl States, ratliiM" southern ; Bermuda; Cuba; Jamaica; 

 Eastern Mexico; iloiidiiras and Guatemala to Panama It, U. Orizaba (autmnn, Su.mi- 

 ciikast) ; Yucatan (Lawuk.nck). 



A young male in second year (2,245, Carlisle, I'enn., May) i.s similar to 

 the femiile, but the hood is sharply deliued anteriorly, though only bordered 

 with black, the olive-green reaching forward almost to the yellow ; there are 

 only very slight indications of black ort the throat. Apjiarently tiie male of 

 tliis species does not attain the full plumage until at least the third year, as 

 is the case with Setophac/a rnfici/fn. 



Habits. Tliis beautiful and singularly marked Warbler is a Southern spe- 

 cies, tlioiigh not exclusively so. It is 

 more abundant in Houtli Carolina than 

 any other State, so far as I am aware. 

 It is, however, found as iar to tlu; north 

 as Northern New .Jersey aud l*enn.syl- 

 vania, and Southern New York, and, 

 farther west, as far north as the shores 

 of Lake Erie. It has also been found in 

 Bernuidii, Cuba, Jamaica, Eastern Mexi- 

 co, Honduras, and tluatemala. Through- 

 out Central America it appears to be abundant during the winter. 



Mr. Audubon also states tliat it abounds in Louisiana and along the banks 

 of the Mississippi and the Ohio. It occurs on the Hudson to some distance 

 above New York. It apjiears from the South early in jNfarch, and has young 

 already hatched, in Louisiana, early in May. 



Mf/iodiorti s pufiillus. 



