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quaintance of very long standing with this beautiful little species, 

 still for five or six weeks during the past spring scarcely a day 

 passed that I did not see one or more individuals. I first met with 

 them at Mellonville, Florida, where, on March 14, I shot two speci- 

 mens, both females, in the pine woods near the town. They were 

 associated with Pine Warblers, Nuthatches, and Woodpeckers. 

 During a trip up the Wekiva Eiver, March 19 to 23 inclusive, I 

 heard at frequent intervals a Warbler that I did not recognize sing- 

 ing in the cypresses, but from the impenetrable nature of the 

 swamps, and the great height of the trees, I was unable to get even 

 a glimpse of the bird. A week later, while descending the St. 

 John's River by steamer, I again constantly heard, both from the 

 cypress swamps and the open piny woods, the notes of this, to me, 

 unknown species, and although I felt almost certain of its identity, 

 it was not until I reached St. Mary's, Georgia, that I proved to my 

 satisfaction that my suspicions were correct. There, from the 6th 

 of April to the 4th of May, I enjoyed abundant opportunities of 

 studying its habits, for it was everywhere, in suitable localities, 

 if not one of the most abundant, at least a generally distributed 

 species. At the time of my arrival the males were in full song and 

 mating. A few individuals haunted the moss-hung live-oaks that 

 shaded the village streets, but the open piny woods were their fa- 

 vorite abode. There, with the Summer Redbird {Pyranga cestiva), 

 the Pine Warbler {Dendrceca pinus), the Brown-headed Nuthatch 

 (Sitta pnsilla), and a variety of Woodpeckers, they frequented the 

 beautiful Southern pines. Indeed, so great was their attachment 



Pacific coast of America from 

 California to Nootka Sound. 

 In winter — 1 



Male. Top of head and 

 back bronzy-green, dullest 

 on the forehead. Sides of 

 the head, rump, flank, abdo- 

 men, and under tail-coverts 

 rufous. A gorget of metal- 

 lic feathers, covering all the throat and extending on to the sides of the 

 neck, brilliant coppery-red, with brassy reflections m certain lights. Up- 

 per part of breast white. Wings purplish-brown. Tail short, cuneate. 



* Figures repruited from Mr. Hensliaw's article (this vohnnc, p. 53), with 

 change of names. 



