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greens which they frequent, are constantly active whilst in 
search of it, and never rest in the manner of the*Pine War- 
blers, who are much lazier. They generally remain in one 
spot for several minutes, and then fly to another at quite a dis- 
tance, seldom staying long in one group of trees. Though 
active, they are not restless, as many of their kindred are, but 
rather are comparatively deliberate in their motions. There is 
to me a fascination in watching these birds, as they move 
among the tree-tops, and a charm in listening to their drowsy 
notes, which (without poetical exaggeration) seem to invite 
one, on a warm day, to lie down and slumber on the pine- 
needles that are strewn over the ground —though to persons 
too practically minded, the mosquitoes at that season permit 
no such repose. 
(d). The ordinary notes of the “Black-throated Greens” 
are numerous, being a tsip, a chick, which is sometimes soft 
and sometimes loud, a check, a chuck, which is used chiefly as 
a note of alarm, and a sharp chink, which is generally indica- 
tive of distress. Their song has several variations, of which 
the two most often heard are wée-see-wée-see-wée-see (in which 
the middle notes are the highest) and wéé-séé-wée-see-séé (in 
which the second note is higher than the rest, the second coup- 
let uttered in a lively way, and the other notes drawled out in 
a manner peculiar to this species). To these simple chants a 
few terminal notes are not infrequently added, which some- 
times consist of a repetition, and, rarely, resemble those of the 
‘Black-throated Blue’s” music. These songs are very char- 
acteristic; and, if one has once heard them, he cannot often 
confound them with those of other birds. 
The “ Black-throated Greens” are, to me, with perhaps the 
exception of the Pine Warblers, the most attractive members 
of their family, on account, I think, of their pleasing, familiar, 
and oft-repeated songs, which are heard from the time of their 
arrival nearly throughout the summer, which form so fitting an 
accompaniment to the whisperings of the pines, and to which 
I am never weary of listening. Another reason, however, is 
that they show a fondness for the pines as great as my own, 
