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and blossoms of trees. The accompanying list 

 will convey a brief though meagre idea of the 

 essential articles of diet during its restricted stay :— - 

 Chrysomela formosa, Cymindis viridipennis, Bostri- 

 chus pint, Harpahts iompar, Cratonychus cinereus, 

 Platytms cupripennis, Donacia metallica, amorlg 

 coleoptera ; the smaller ants, Selandria roses, Apis 

 mellifica, and Lophyrus abietis, among hymenopt^ra; 

 aphides, diptera^ and larvae of many of the Phales- 

 fioidte, which appear during its stay. 



This species was regarded by Wilson aS ex- 

 ceedingly rare, and so far eluded the obs-ervation 

 3f Audubon as to prevent him from describing 

 its habits. Mr. Nuttall noticed its passage through 

 Massachusetts, about the 15th of April. 



It breeds in northern latitudes, eggs having been 

 obtained by Mr. George Bush, at Coldwater, near 

 Lake Superior; by Maynard, it is considered the 

 nost abundant of the Sylvicolid(B at Lake Umbagog- 

 Adhere he discovered it breeding. 



Nidification commences according to the last 

 lamed authority, in June; a nest having been found- 

 )n the 3rd, just completed in a tree, alongside of a 

 :art-path, in a thicket. This was placed upon a hori- 

 lontal branch of ahemlock, at an elevation of twenty 

 "eet above the ground. Another was built in a 

 iimilar locality, but fifteen feet from the soil. These 

 abrics were unnecessarily large and bore a close 

 esemblance to those of Carpodacus purpureas, 

 exteriorly they were composed of slender twigs 

 )f the hackmatack, with an intermingling of long 



