SINGING BIRDS. 
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eggs, about 5, are grayish white, with reddish spots towards the 
great end. 
The Hooded Warbler is a Southern species, but is a regular 
summer resident of the Connecticut valley, and has been foxmd 
breeding near Cleveland, Ohio, and in southern Michigan. It 
is said to be more abundant in South Carolina than elsewhere. 
Note. — The Small-headed Flycatcher {Wilsonia minuta 
and Sylvia mitmta of Wilson and Audubon) was given a place in 
the “Manual” by Nuttall, who alleged to have seen the species. 
Not having been found by any of the more modern observers, it has 
been omitted from many recent works. It was placed on the “ hypo- 
thetical list ” by the A. O. A. committee, but has been again brought 
forward by Ridgeway, in his “Manual.” Wilson stated that he 
saw it in New Jersey; Audubon said he shot one in Kentucky; and 
Nuttall’s examples were in Massachusetts. As the birds were seen 
by Nuttall only “ at the approach of winter," it is probable they 
were the young of the year of some of the more northern breed- 
ing species. 
WILSON’S WARBLER. 
WILSON’S BLACK CAP. 
Sylvania pusilla. 
Char. Above, olive ; crown black ; forehead, cheeks, and entire under 
parts yellow. Female and young duller, and black cap often obscure, 
sometimes lacking. Length, 4)^ to 5 inches. 
Nest. On the ground, in a bushy swamp, or on branch of low bush ; 
of twigs and vegetable fibre lined with moss or fine grass. 
4“6; white spotted with brown and lavender; 0.60 X 0.50. 
This remarkable species of sylvan Flycatcher was first ob- 
served by Wilson in New Jersey and Delaware as a transitory 
bird of passage. Audubon has noticed it in Labrador and 
Newfoundland, where it was breeding, and it is not uncommon 
in the State of Maine. He also saw it in his way to Texas 
early in April. It begins to migrate from Newfoundland 
about the middle of August, and is seen in Maine in October. 
Mr. Townsend and myself had the pleasure of observing the 
