SYLVICOLID-K-THK WAinilJlRS. tj^j, 



(lopth one uiid a lisill' iiicli(;,s. Uv (lL'sciilii..s l\u> h'^'^h, wliicli wvw. lour, as 

 wliitc, spotUMl Willi riiddish mnt Imwii dots, tlu; iimrkings Iming piiiicipally 

 iinmiid till! larj,'iT t-nd, Innniiij,' ii uirclu, Ibiiviu},' tho extri'iuity pluiii. 



Ill tliis instiiiico IIr! paiviits sliowod imicli uiiciisiiifs.s at tlu- appioiiuli of 

 iiilnidcrs, nioviii- iiliDiit aiiK.iin; tlui t\vi>, siiajipiiin' their l.ills, uiid utlcriii;,' 

 a plaintive noto. In Xcwlouiidlaiid tliusu liiids Inul aliuady JR-jruii tn mi" 

 aniU'. (ui tliu L'Otii ol' All-list. ]Ic met with thiMii in cDiLsidnmldc! niinilnTs 

 in Xoithoni Maiiit! in (kuAm; l,S;!2. Mr. Tiindmll inciitiuiiH it as a nithiM- 

 almiidant bird of Kastuni IVnnsylvaiiia, apiuiariiiM; thi.Ti) eaily in May, /// 

 Iraiisifii, and ai^ain in Ot'toltur. 



Mr. T. M. Tiippc has oh.s..rvcd thi.s spcfi.'s at Orange, \. J., from the lilth 

 to till! ;;(ltii of May. It is .said to ki-cp low down in the trees, and is fond 

 of liiuinting thickets and open hriisli tiidd.s. Oceasionally he has lieiird it 

 utter a loud chatterini^ .soiij,', which it re[)eats at siiort intervals. 



A nest of this Hpeeies from Fort Yukon (Smith. Coll., l:!,:!4(;), ol.tained 

 May 20, l)y Mr. .McDoujral, contained four eg.g.s. The.se varied from .(11) to 

 .(;:? of an inch in len-:tli, and from .45 to .4!) in breadth. Tiiey were ohovate 

 in shaiie, their ground-color was a ]mre white; this was (iiiel) sjirinkled 

 round the larger end with lirowiiish-riHl and lihic. Xo mention is made of 

 the position of the nest, hut it is [m ible this bird builds on tiie "round. 



Msriodioctes pusillus, var. pileolatus, Ridgway. 



JtM,ia7h j,il,;,M„, I'am.as, Zo..-. I!,w,so Asiat. I, 1831, 4!)7 (llnssian America). M,iw,li,„: 

 tiH inisillils, var. /ii/rat,i/,i, lillMiw.W, liciioit U. H. (irol. Ivxpl. -loth I'ur. Mijiwlin-ks 

 l»isi7/,ix, An-r. (all citations from I'acilio coast of Nortli and Micl.lji' Amtaica). — L<ii!ii 

 I'r. K. An. Inst. Woohv. IV, 1804, 115 (I5r. Col.). -D.u.i, Jt Hanmsteu (Alaska). - 

 I'liiii'Kii, Orn. C'al. I, 1870, Idl. 



Sp. CnAii. Siniiliir to var. jnisi/his, liiit iiiiicli riclicr yellow, .sparcplv tinged with olivo 

 laterally, and deepened into an almost orange sliade on the front and eliin. "Above nuieli 

 brighter and more yellowish olive-green. The black i)ileinn will, a blighter yteel-blno 

 glos.s. Bill mueh narrower, and deep, light brown above, inst.Nid of nearly blaek. IMeas- 

 nr.'s (4,'J22 ^, San Franei.sco, ("al.;, wing, '2.1") ; tail, 2.(ll>. 



Hah. I'aeilie cnasl, region of \orth Anieriea, from Kodiak (Ala.-^ka) ; sonth throim-h 

 AVe.^erii Mexi(>o (and tower Califoriiia) to f'o.>Jfa Hiea. ° 



Tills is an appreciably diflerent race from that inhabiting the eastern 

 division of the continent; the dillerence.s, tested by a large series of speci- 

 mens, being very constant. 



A Costa-Uicau specimen before me is almost exactly like specimens from 

 California. 



Habits. The remark in the preceding article relative to specimeus from 

 the Pacific coast belong tu this variety. 



