1890 



Florida, 

 Suwanee River. 

 Mar 20-Apr.I,I89 0. 



Pirst seen on th'^ 22nd,, when a single male was shot. After 

 this it became everywhere abundant along the wooded banks of the 

 river and its connecting creeks. It was rare to find one more 

 than a few yards from water. During the middle of the day, we saw 

 a few, but early in the morning and again towards sunset they were 

 very conspicuous, feeding among the terminal twigs aet^ bushes and 

 small trees, which bent out over the wato'-, where their yellow 

 breasts were frequently reflected on the dark surface beneath. In 

 addition to the song , which^^^ia^ be imitated closely by the ^bES' 

 T 1 ijfIi TiZM^ -'T^^,**j:nZi^tJ^: ^^ Warbler has two notes, (bne a 



sharp, metallic chirp, g a-iiiLLLhy similar to that of the Water Thrush 

 but perhaps a trifle softer, the other a wiry ^^e*.-^- /^ very 

 like that of the Filack and White Creeper. During our stay the 

 males did not at any time sing very freely, but there can be no 

 doubt that they breed abundantly in many of the places vdiere we 

 found them. 



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