£/? /ii cA-dl. 
Myiodioctes mitratus. Hooded Warbler. — Within the confines of 
a tract of somewhat elevated though diversified woodland, this species 
may be seen or heard every day in the early summer after the middle of 
May, though only on rare occasions has it been noted at other places in 
the vicinity. In these woods the ground reaches an elevation of (approxi- 
mately) two hundred and fifty feet, very nearly as high as any land in the 
vicinity, and here these birds may be found breeding indifferently on the 
open or wooded summits, or at their base near the low swampy growth 
bordering the woods. Owing to the encroachment of the Cow Buntings, 
but a single bird was reared between two nests which I discovered in 
• 1875 . I have females in my collection representing well the state of plu- 
mage recently spoken of by Mr. Merriam,t and by Mr. E. A. Mearns,J of 
Highland Falls. In one of these birds the black, though well defined in 
the region of the occiput, is scarcely deteetible on the throat ; while another, 
though less definitely marked, represents an almost opposite phase. This 
bird also breeds abundantly at Fort Lee, N. J., in company with H. ver- 
mivorus and H. pinus, and all three also occur at West Farms, N. Y. § 
t Review of the Birds of Conn., pp. 25 , 26 . 
t This Bulletin, Vol. Ill, pp. 71 , 72 . 
§ W. G. Stevens. Forest and Stream, Vol. VI, p. 215 . 
Bull, N. O.O. 3, July, 1878. p J3<>. 
Wilsonia mitrata. Hooded Warbler. — Mr. W. R. Maxon finds this 
species every summer on the west slope of the “ Stockbridge Hills,” a few 
miles from the village of Oneida. ITe has observed them during the 
breeding season for three years and on June 24, 1898, secured a fine male 
in full plumage. 
31. Wilsonia mitrata. Hooded Warbler. — “Rare. Two individ- 
uals seen May 29, 1900, one of which was captured, now in the writer’s 
collection.” The Hooded occurs as a regular (breeding) summer resident 
in the woods with the Cerulean on the Stockbridge West Hill where I 
found it first in 1896, subsequently in 1898 and 1900. (See Auk, XVII, 
178, 1900.) Two specimens were taken; one, June 24, 1S9S, which is in 
my own collection ; a second, adult female, June 15, 1900, now in the 
U. S- National Museum collection (No. 172461). Upon one of my visits 
in 1900 a partially fledged bird was seen with one parent. On July 22, 
1902, an adult bird in song was seen again in the same restricted area 
where the previous ones were observed. Altitude about 1250 feet. 
$. XWa.j^n.. Auk, XX, July, 1903, P - 
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