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favoring me with its song and a little of its shyness for an hour or 
two. This bird was in a small but dense swamp, and kept 
among the higher branches in the centre, with occasional forays 
to the edge. 
May 171 badly wounded a third deucobronchialzs, which was 
not secured, although I closely marked where it fell. It was well 
marked with yellow on the fore-breast and a paler wash elsewhere 
except on the lower throat which was pure white ; otherwise it was 
typical. 
May 21 I saw another dexcobronchial’s which was beyond my 
reach, being under the immediate protection of a guardian of the 
City water works. Having obtained his permission to shoot it, 
the following morning it fell a prey to my desires, and proved to 
be a very handsome specimen of this form. Not until June 11 
didI take another, which proved to much resemble pzzzs. 
Mr. C. K. Averill, Jr., of this city, found a leucobronchialis 
early in June, he being attracted to it by its song. Two days 
later he failed to find it. June 24 I accompanied him to the place 
and we soon had the pleasure of watching the bird at shorter 
range than I think has fallen to the lot of others, z. e., three to 
ten feet, for so long atime that our patience gave out with the 
daylight. Previous to this it was necessary to watch his actions 
ata greater distance, as he (for it proved a male) was feeding 
young, how many we never ascertained, probably but one. 
It came to the same conspicuous clump of bushes and briars 
many times, with from one to five minutes intermission, each 
time with one or more small green worms, about three quarters of 
an inch long, first reconnoitring, then cautiously approaching, 
and again hastily leaving a part of this clump of bushes not over 
two feet in extent. We failed to discover the identity of the ob- 
ject of its cares, but I have reason to believe it was a young Cow- 
bird. The rest of this brood was being fed by the only . Aznzus 
(a female) to be found in the neighborhood. These young were, 
I thought, a little too demonstrative when parental attention was 
bestowed upon them. At this date they could fly well, and 
gleaned much food for themselves. They showed a marked 
general similarity to the young of pzzas. I shot this male Zezco- 
bronchialis August 8 and also one of the young, carefully obsery- 
ing that the others were similar to the one killed, which was 
altogether too familiar with the adult bird to allow a possibility of 
doubt concerning its male parent. 
