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seen it myself. Mr. Smith gives it as a migrant through 

 Maine, but not common; and Mr. Chamberlain reports it as 

 an uncommon summer resident in New Brunswick. Audu- 

 bon found it breeding commonly in Labrador, the nest 

 being " placed on the extremity of a small horizontal 

 branch, amongst the thick foliage of dwarf firs, not more 

 than from 3-5 feet from the ground, and in the center of the 

 thickets of these trees, so common in Labrador. The mate- 

 rials of which it is composed are bits of dry moss and 

 delicate pine twigs, agglutinated together and to the 

 branches or leaves around it, beneath which it is sus- 

 pended; the lining is of extremely fine and transparent 

 fibers. The greatest diameter does not exceed 3^ inches, 

 and the depth is not more than 1J4. The eggs are 4, dull 

 white, spfinkled with reddish and brown dots toward the 

 larger end, where the markings form a circle, leaving the 

 extremity plain." Mr. Allen found the Black-cap " a com- 

 mon inhabitant of the sub-alpine and alpine districts in the 

 Colorado Mountains, breeding from about 8,000 feet up to 

 about the timber line." Dr. Coues found it a common 

 summer resident in the mountainous districts of Arizona 

 from May to September. Neither of them, however, found 

 the nest. Small; length, 4.60; stretch, 7.00; bill much 

 feathered, after the manner of the Flycatchers; the color, 

 yellowish-green above, becoming brownish on wing and 

 tail; forehead, sides of the head and under parts, bright 

 yellow; the black patch on the crown being less extended in 

 the female, and wanting in the young. The food is taken 

 on the wing with a click of the bill, also after the manner of 

 the Flycatchers. 



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As I approach the edge of the woods on a rather low spot 

 of ground, I hear the unmistakable notes of the Least 



