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     Ii’rlng/z’.—Interior of North America, from Texas north to Minnesota, -ast 
     
     to Illinois. 
     
    

    
     Abst. pensile. of strips of hark and plant fibers firmly and smootth inter— 
     
     Wort-n, lined with finer grasses. etc. in bushes or low tl'eesi [ff/(Ix. tour to 
     
     six, white. with a few speelts ot' hlaek. umber, or rutbus-hrown at the larger 
     
     end, W; x -:3o, 
     
    

    
     This is a common bird in its range. and is locally not uncommon 
     
     as far east as Illinois. “In their food. habits. and actions the_' are 
     
     very similar to the White—eyed. Their :all- and alarm—notes are not 
     
     quite so harsh. and their son}: is delivered in a less emphatic manner; 
     
     an indescribable sputtering. that does not rank it high in the musical 
     
     scale ” (Uoss). 
     
    
   
   
    
     The BAHAMA Iloxm’ Cnmtrizn (6'35. (“u/111w lulhruzmmisi “‘st found by 
     
     Dr. \Yiirtlemann in January. lens, on Indian Key, southeastern Florida. but 
     
     has not, to my knowledge, been taken by subsequent observers. The upper 
     
     parts are sooty blaek. the rump and middleot'the under parts yellow. and a line 
     
     over the eye. the throat, and the Imvcr belly are white or whitish; length 
     
     about 4'3”. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FAMILY MNIOTILTIDZE. WOOD VVARBLERS. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Wood Warblers are found only in Americ: ., and are most numer- 
     
     onsly represented in eastern North Americt . About one lmndred spe- 
     
     cies are known. of which seventy visit the United States, while the 
     
     remaining thirty are, tropical. 
     
    

    
     With three or four exceptions the; are inhabitants of woodland, 
     
     but during their migrations may be found in the trees of lawns or 
     
     orchards. They feed almost exclusively upon insects. and are thus 
     
     highly mig'atory, thousands of miles frequently sepa. 'ating their sum- 
     
     mer and winter homes. 
     
    

    
     The majority are among the last of the spring arrivals: their com- 
     
     mg caps the climax of the migration. and the. first severe frost leaves 
     
     but few with us. They migrate by night. and are ehief among the 
     
     victims of lighthouses and electric~light towers. When migrating, 
     
     they are generally found in straggling companies composed of a num- 
     
     ber of species. which during the day t ‘avel slowly through the woods 
     
     from tree to tree. 
     
    

    
     They capture their insect. food in a variety of ways. Some species 
     
     flit actively from branch to branch. taking their prey from the more 
     
     exposed parts of the twigs and leaves: others are gleaners. and care- 
     
     fully explore the under surfaces of leaves or ereviees in the bark: 
     
     while seve at. like Flycatchers, capture a large part of their food on 
     
     the wing. As a rule, they are arlmreal. but many are thicket-haunt- 
     
     ing. and some are terrestrial.