SYLVICOLIDJ-: — THE WARBMiUa 31 it 



In reganl to its luil.its, Wils..n roinvsciils it as " ronmrkably activo, nm- 

 niug.cliiubinjr. and darting abuiit among iho (.i.cning bnds and blossoi.is'with 

 extraordinary agility." Audubon states that in its habits it is closely allied 

 with tiie iniHilhi, and the niilmlm, being fond of low tliiek coverts in swamps 

 and by the margin of 1.00k He also attributes to it a song of ratiier pleas- 

 mg notes, enunciated at regular intervals, loud enougii to bo lieard at the dis- 

 tance of sixty yards. These i)eculiarities seem to separate it from the true 

 Flycatchers and to jJace it among the Warblers. 



Myiodioctes pusillus, IJoxap. 



OBEER BLACK-CAFFEO FLTCATCHEB. 



misckapapnsilh, W....s.,n, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 103, pi. xxvi, tig. 4. irif,,nna jn,.. liov 

 hylvanm ims. Xirr. Mi/iodinvtes pus. Bon. Coiisp. 1850. 31,'i. -Sci viir 1' Z .S 

 1850 2!)Hror,lovn) ; 1858, 2!m (Oa.xaca Mt.s. ; Due.); 1859, 303 (Xah.m) ; 373.'- l'„' 

 (atal. 1801, 34, no. 203. _ IUhm., liii.ls N. An.. 1858, 293 (i,. pa.-t) ; l£ev. 240 (i„ 

 l.art)^-Sr. A-n^i; & .Sai.vi.n, Ibi.s, 185!., 11 ((!uato,..aIa). -Sa.vi-kls, 21(i. M,,iuel.„n,, 

 mis. ( Ai.. M. H. l,s.-,l. 18. - In. Jou.'. 18(10, 325 (Costa Itica). Salvia wihoni, H„v • 

 mrrr Mu.cic.,,,„ wihnni, Auu. On.. Biog. II, ,,I. cxxiv. Sctophuya wilsoni, Ja.m.' 

 ^rtl'odioct^s mlsoui. Auu. Birds Am. II, pi. Ixxv. Hylvia pctu,„Ues. L.cur. P.eis- 

 V orz, looO. 



Sp. C..AH. ForolM.a.l, li.ie ovr an.l aron.,,1 tl.u oy.,-, and imder parts penorallv, l.ngl.t 

 yvlUnv. L,,p,.,. pa.-t oLvu-jriv..,, ; u scp.a.e pafl. on the crown lustrou.s-black. Si.kvs ol' 

 .oWy and ..hook,, th.god with oHvc. No whi,.. on wing., o,- tail. Fonudo .si,..ila,- the 

 black of the c-own roplaccl by olivo-gica.... Length, 4.75 ; wi„,^ 2.25 ; tail, 2.;J0. 



1 A... Ea..k.,„ po.-t>o.,s of United Rtates, west to the Snake and Ilnn.l.oldt Rive.-.s • 

 no,tl. to Ala.ska, south through Ea.te.-n Mexico and Guatemala to Costa llica ; Chirioui 



(OALVIN^. * 



Habits. Wils<jn's llkick-Cap is found throughout the United States from 



ocean to ocean, an.l as far to the north as Alaska and the Arctic shores 



where, however, it is not common. Mr. Dall shot a s,.ecimen, May 30, on the 



\ ukon Kiver, where it was breeding. lAfr. Tischoff' obtained others with nests 



and eggs at Sitka, and afterwards found it more abundant at Kodiak On the 



I acihc coast Dr. Suckley found it very abundant in the neighborhood of Fort 



Stedacoom, where it fre.iuented thickets and small scrub-oak groves in its 



habits resembling the Hdminthoplnuja cclaU,, Hitting about am<.ng the dense 



foliage of bushes and low trees in a busy, restless manner. He describes its 



cry as a short cldt-rhnt call. In (■alif<.rnia, Dr. Cooper notes their iirst arrival 



etirly in May, and states that they migrate along the coast, up at least to 



the Straits of Fuca. At Santa Cruz he noted their arrival, in 180G, about 



the 20th of April. They were then gathering materials for a nest, the male 



bird singing merrily during his employment. As tiiey have been observed 



ill Oregon as early as this, it has been conjectured that some may remain all 



winter among the dense shrubbery of the forests. 



