1869. 
July & 
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1872. 
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Contopus borealis. 
One of the commonest birds about the Glen House, N. 
H. Usually seen perched on the tops of the tallest 
firs and spruces bordering the banks of the Peabody River. 
Occasionally two wotild pass high over head, one pursuing 
the other, uttering a low angry twitter and finally gli- 
sv/'iftly downand alighting on the tops of the trees. 
-R-YQ Bpach., New H ampshire . 
A pair haunting a pasture interspersed with scatter¬ 
ed black spruces in one of which I found their nest 
which apparently held young. The old birds made a 
great oitcry when I approached the spot diving dovm about 
my head and clicking their bills angrily. 
Upon visiting the nest above referred to I found the 
young on wing,——three of them, accompanied by both 
parents. The young although hardly able to fly enuncia¬ 
ted the .gn.—pj\ebea. as clearly and loudly as their parents, 
and two of t hem shot in the act of uttering this note 
proved to be females . They also uttered the charac¬ 
teristic j).i.l.l"-P-i 11 -pill . It is therefore evident that 
this species has no song, proper* 
