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breeds in the eastern parts of Maine, and in the British Provinces of(^ 

 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia." These data appear to have been tor -rj 

 a time overlooked ; thus, in 1858, we find Prof. Baird assigning a rauge,'^,,^,.^^ 

 only from the "Mississippi Eiver to the Pacific." But the accuracy of i,, ,l, 

 Audubon's extensive observations has been of late confirmed. Mr. ^-^^ 

 Allen records the bird as wintering in Florida, on Mr. Boardman's ex- f^ 

 cellent ^uthoritj^, and he found it himself at Springfield, Massachusetts', "^ /> 

 May 15, 1863. Still the bird appears to be more at home in the West;'^ "/ 

 ihfc along the Pacific coast we have advices from the Yukon to Cape 'iiijly^ & 

 'j*. Lucas. In the interior of the Fur Countries, from Forts Resolution ancl^7<-^ 

 Simpson ; southward to Mexico. It is a common species in most of the"^ i^ 





Western Territories. 7/_ 



A nest of the Orange-crowned Warbler taken June 12, 1860, by Mr 

 \ Kenuicott, at Fort Eesolution, Great Slave Lake, was built on the' / ^ 

 ^) ground, inside of a bank, among open bushes, and was much hidden by '^Zai 

 ''' dry leaves. It contained five eggs. This nest is built outwardly ofjL^ 



, fibrous strips of bark, interiorly of fine grasses, without other lining. 



> /' The eggs are very finely dotted all over — thickly about the larger aui},'^"'-' 



j more sparsely elsewhere — with pale brown. They measure aboufc^'; '', 



•Jx "0.67 by 0.50. ,oc, - , , - / ^ ^-,, J^^r; 



■) ^ 11)4 --i^ 6*-^-<^^-ypC .-^^.z^^. '.y 7z^. 0^0^:^ ^i^ 



'- HELMINTHOPHAGA PEREGEINA; (Wils.) Cab. 



Tennessee Warbler. 



Sylvia peregrina, Wils., Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 83, pi. 25, f. 2.— Bp., Syu. 1828, 87.— Nutt., 

 Man. i, 1832, 413.— AuD., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 307, pi. 154. 



iSi/Mcola peregrina, EiCH., List, 1837. 

 ' Vermivora peregrina, Bp., List, 1H38. — Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 438 (VVestom Missouri). 

 / JSiUnaia peregrina, AuD., Syn. 1839, 68 ; B. Am. ii, 1841, 96, pi. 110. 

 ,, Helniitlieros peregrina, Bp., Consp. Av. i, 1850, 315. 



Helminthophaqa peregrina, Cab., Mus. Heiu. i, 1850, 20; J. f. 0. 1861, 85 (Costa Rica). — 

 Bd., JB. N. A. 1858, 258; Rev. 1865, 178.— Vekr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 157.— 

 Allen, ibid, iv, 1864, 61.— Coues, ibid, v, 1868, 271. — Lawp,., Ann. Lyo. IriOl, 

 ;ji' 322 (Panama,); viji, 1866, 174 (Veragiia); ibid. 284 (New York); ibid, ix, 1668, 



5, 94 (Costa Rica).— Salv., P. Z. S. 1867, -135 (Vcragua).- Scl., ibid. 1870, 836 



■\ (Honduras).— :Mayn., Guide, 1870, 100; Pr. Bost. See. xiv, 1871, — .—Coues, 



' Key, 1872, 95.— Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 5. 



Sylvia tennesseei, Vieill., Ency. Metb. ii, 1823, 452, 

 (?) Sylvia missouriensis, Maxim., J. f. 0. vi, 1858, 117. 



Hab. — Eastern North America, to high latitudes. Breeds from the northern portions 

 \^ of New England northward, migratory elsewhere. South in winter to Central America. 

 ! Not obtained by any of the Expeditions. 



The Tennessee Warbler appears to be rather rare in the Eastern 

 United States, but more plentiful along its line of migration in the inte- 

 rior. I observed it in great numbers in Minnesota and Eastern Dakota, 

 late in May and early in June, when it was moving along the Red River 

 of the North. Standing in the heavy timber near the bank of the river, 

 I easily procured a dozen specimens in an hour, without moving from 

 my tracks, as the birds came fluttering past in the tree-tops, almost in a 

 continuous band, associating with several other Warblers and with small 

 Fly-catchers. They were extremely active, skipping through the foliage 

 and fluttering through the air, pursuing their insect prey, and uttering 

 a sharp screeping note. I have not myself observed the species further 

 west, but a specimen was taken high up on the Missouri by Mr. Bell, in 

 1843, as noticed in Prof. Baird's earlier work. 



A nest of this species — or rather what appears to be only the inner 

 portion of a nest — was taken by Mr. George Barnstou at Miohipicoton, 

 Lake Superior, and contained two eggs! The specimen consists entirely 

 of fine dried grass- stenS/gJS/Beaf Jl^oMfeydWlBSPSbven. 



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