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SINGING BIRDS. 
urban gardens and orchards, but soon retire to a more secluded 
place to build ; and hidden away amid the thicker bushes of their 
favorite haunts, are often overlooked by the collector, — the or- 
nithological reporter, — and thus the species has acquired a repu- 
tation of being “ uncommon.” 
The song is a typical Warbler-like performance, — a short trill of 
sweet notes, whistled with little variation in tone, and little effort 
at artistic execution; but I have not heard any of the “harsh ’ 
and “creaking” effects noted by some writers. 
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 
Helminthophila celata. 
Char. Above, olive, brightest on the rump ; crown with concealed 
patch of brownish orange; line over and around the eyes, pale yellow; 
beneath, pale greenish yellow ; sides shaded with olive. Length to 
inches. 
Mest. On the ground among clumps of bushes ; made of grass, moss, 
and plant stems, lined with hair. 
E^gs. 4-6 ; white or creamy, marked, chiefly around the larger end, 
with spots of reddish brown and purplish slate ; 0,65 X 0.50. 
This species, first discovered, early in May, on the banks of 
the Missouri by my friend Mr. T. Say, appeared to be on its 
passage farther north. It is not uncommon in winter in the 
orange-groves of West Florida, where it proceeds to pass the 
season, around St. Augustine j and its note is described as a 
mere chirp and faint squeak, scarcely louder than that of a 
mouse. 
According to Audubon, these birds breed in the eastern part 
of Maine and in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. In the 
month of May we saw them abundant in the forests of the 
Oregon, where no doubt they breed, d'he song is weak, some- 
what resembling that of most of the Sylvicolas. 
Audubon must have gathered in all the New Brunswick Orange 
Crowns, for none have been seen there since his visit, nor can I 
learn of any having been observed elsewhere in eastern Canada, 
excepting the few discovered by Mcllwraith and Saunders in 
