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and forwarded to the Smithsoniau \)y Mr. Norwood Giles. It is built in 

 a large mass of Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides), and composed 

 oliiefly of that material. A part of the mass which hung from an oak 

 bough, two feet downward and a foot across, was caught up and closely 

 woven together with a little fibrous substance and much plant-down, to 

 form a swinging bed for the nest, Avith a lateral entrance which will ad- 

 mit the hand. Inside is the nest proper, of the usual dimensions, very 

 neatly wrought of the moss, with a smooth, even border, ai;id lined with 

 plant-down and a few line grasses. The eggs of this nest were of the 

 usual lorm, measuring 0.70 by 0.53, white, with a wreath of sepia-brown, 

 blackish and lilac spots around the larger end. 



My acquaintance with the species is limited to observing it on a few 

 occasions in and around the city of Columbia, South Carolina. Accord- 

 ing to Mr. Maynard, the Yellow-throats "are found throughout the en- 

 tire extent of Florida, where they are resident, though the majority leave 

 in May with other Warblers, and return early in November ; they fre- 

 quent piney woods and hummocks, associating with Titmice, Nuthatches, 

 etc. I have shot this species on the banks of the St. John's, where it 

 was searching for insects in the low trees in the numerous swamps there ; 

 and again I have seen them on the topmost boughs of the high trees in 

 the trackless piney woods. They are very slow of movement for Warb- 

 lers, and have many of the habits of the Black-and-white Creeper, 

 clinging to the limbs and running up and down the tree-trunks, after 

 the manner of that species. I have even seen one climbing about the 

 roof of a house. They are very unsuspicious, and may be found almost 

 any day in autumn and early winter on the live and water oaks which 

 grow in the streets of Jacksonville. The songs of this bird are simple, 

 and resemble the trills of the Pine Warbler — or, perhaps, the continuous 

 lisping chirp of the Black-and-white Creeper sounds more nearly like it. 

 I think the species muc.t breed in Florida, as 1 have seen specimens 

 taken in the State in June." 



I am favored with the followiugcommunication from Mr. J. M. Wheaton, 

 of Columbus, Ohio, under date of May 1, 1873, respecting the appear- 

 ance of this species in Ohio : "It is one of the earliest and most con- 

 stant of our Warblers. I saw the first one this year on the 21st of April. 

 That night we had frost, with snow for three successive days afterward. 

 On the 25th I saw three, on the 26th one (in the city), on the 27th three, 

 and on the 28th five or six, two of which I shot. No other Warbler 

 made its appearance until the 30th, when thie Summer Yellowbird ar- 

 rived. The Yellow-throat prefers the trees along the banks of streams. 

 The two specimens which I secured agree with your description ('Key,' 

 p. 103), excejjt that the back is not streaked, and each feather is obso- 

 letely margined with ashy." These specimens were evidently not quite 

 in perfect plumage. 



'}{^ ^' DENDECECA PALMARUM, (Gm.) Bd. ' 



Tellow Red-poil Warbler. 



Motaeilla paJmanm, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 951. 



Sylvia palmarnm, Lath., Iml. Orn. ii, 1790, 544. — Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 21. pi. 

 73.— Bp., Am. Om. ii, pi. 10, f. 2.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 83.— D'Obbig., La Sagra's 

 Cuba, Ois. 1840, 61, pi. 8. 



SiiMcola palmarum, Salli?;, P. Z. S. 1857, 231 (St. Domingo). 



Vcndmca palmarum, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 288 ; Rev. 1865, 207.— Brya^'t, Pr. Bost. Soc. 

 viii, 1859 (Bahamas).— Gu.\-dl., J. f. 0. 1861, 326 (Cuba).— Sci.., P. Z. S. 1861, 

 71 (Jamaica).— CouES & Pkest., Smiths. Rep. 1801, 408 (Wasliington, D. C, 

 migratory).-CouB8,^^^^||.^g^s^.^.Jsj^^^|j(migratory in New England, 



