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WILSON’S FLYCATCHING- WARBLER. 
from bush to bush, and seldom flew farther than thirty or forty yards at a 
time ; yet when crossing the arms of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, they are 
obliged to fly forty miles or more without alighting. The little Winter 
Wren must perform the same task, it being found in the same countries, to 
which some individuals travel from the United States. I observed the Green 
Black-capped Flycatcher in considerable numbers, in the northern parts of 
Maine, in October 1832, and concluded that the individuals seen must have 
come from a great distance. 
Green Black-capt Flycatcher, Muscicapa pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 103. 
Svlvia Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn., p. 86. 
Green Black-capt Warbler, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 149. 
Green Black-capped Flycatcher, Muscicapa Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog., 
vol. ii. p. 148. 
Wings short, the second and third quills longest and about equal, the first 
much shorter than the fourth and a little longer than the fifth ; tail even. 
Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts yellowish-green ; crown glossy bluish- 
black, bordered on the forehead and over the eyes with a broad band of 
bright yellow, of which colour are all the lower parts ; wings and tail dusky 
brown, the feathers margined with yellowish-green. Female similar to the 
male, but with the black of the crown of much less extent. Young similar 
to the female, without black on the head. 
Male, U, 61. 
From Texas northward, Columbia river, and intervening regions. Not 
in the Fur Countries. Rather rare. Migratory. 
The Snake’s Head. 
Chelone glabra, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. iii. p. 225. Pursch , Flor. Amer. Sept., 
vol ii. p. 427. — Didynamia Angiospermia, Linn. — Scrophularinjj, Juss. 
This plant grows on the banks of rivers and swamps, in the Middle and 
Southern States. It is herbaceous and perennial, with opposite lanceolate- 
oblong, acuminate, serrate leaves, and dense terminal spikes of pale red 
flowers, not remarkable for beauty. 
