136 Mr. Peabody on the 
to flesh-color, dotted with purple together with large 
spots of brown. There was no other nest of the 
kind near it, These birds are seen roving in the 
forests, on their way to the south, in October. 
The Buacxpurnian WanBLER, Sylvia Blackbur- 
niae, is sometimes seen in this State, and, whenever 
it appears, its elegant colors attract attention. In 
the list furnished me by Dr. Brewer, it is marked as 
breeding in this State. Its nest, however, is not often 
seen. Audubon received one from Professor Mac- 
Culloch, of Nova Scotia; it was composed exter- 
nally of different textures, and lined with silky fibres 
and thin delicate strips of fine bark, over which lay 
a thick bed of feathers and horsehair. The eggs 
were white, with red spots toward the larger end. 
It was found in a small fork of a tree near a brook, 
five or six feet from the ground. It is seldom that 
this bird appears here, except in May and Septem- 
ber, on its annual migration and return. 
The ORANGE-THROATED WARBLER, Sylvia auricol- 
lis, is another rare and transient species, which makes 
us a passing call, on its way to Canada. 
The Cuestnut-sipep Warsier, Sylvia icteroce 
phala, passes through this State on its way to t 
north. In 1837, they were quite common near Con- 
necticut river. Audubon professed himself ignorant 
of their breeding places; but Mr. James Eliot Cabot 
has succeeded in finding a nest in Brookline, in 0% 
State. 
