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'l‘his southern representative of the Maryland Yellow-throat is usually found in dense ~:zrowths of scrub palmetto. Its song is quite unlike that of the northern bird.

683. Icteria. virens (Lima). Y1-:i.Lo\\'—aa1c.\s'r£t> CHAT. Ad:— I.argest ot' the Warblers: upper parts. wings. and tail olive the eye to the bill, one on the side of the throat, and eye—rm}: white; throat, breast. and upper belly bright yellow; lower belly white; sides ~grayish. 1... 7-44; \\'., :seo; ’l‘.. 3-0."; B. from N, -41.

It’d/[yin—liastcru l'nited States; breeds as far north as southern Minne— sota and Massachusetts; and winters in Central America.

Washington. common 8. L, A pl. ‘29 to Sept. Sing Sing. common S. R., Apl. 25 to Aug. 2‘). Cambridge. rather

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Next. rather bulky. of eoarse grasses. asses. in a crotch

leaves, and strips of bark well interwoven. lined with tiner 3, near the ground. [Hg/gs. three to live, white7 rather evenly speckled and spotted with rufous-browtl. "M x «Ni.

Bushy undergrowths or thickets in partial clearings form the home of the (‘hat. After an acquaintance of many years 1 frankly confess that his: true character is a mystery to me. While listening,r to his strange medley and watching his peculiar actions. we are cer- tainly justified in calling,r him eccentric. but that there is method in his madness no one who studies him closely can doubt.

Is the odd jumble of whistles. (Jule/rs, and eaws uttered by one bird in that eopse yonder. or by half adozeu different birds in as many places? Approach cautiously, and perhaps you may see him in the air—a bunch of feathers twitehed downward by the queer. jerky notes which animate it. One might. suppose so peculiar a performance would occupy his entire attention, but nevertheless he has seen you; in an instant his manner changes. and the happy-go-lucky clown, who a moment before was turningr aerial somersaults. has become a shy. suspicious haunter of the depths of the thicket. whence will come his qucrulous Null, Null as long as your presence annoys him.

684. Sylvania mitrata (rim/1.3. lloomsh \\'.\m:1.r:i:. (Fig. ins.) .‘lll. 6 .—1<’orr_-hcad and checks bright yellow: crown black. connected behind with the black throat; upper parts. wings, and tail olive-green: outer tail— tlatliers with inner \‘ane mostly white: breast and belly yellow: hill with evident bristles at its base. Ar]. Q.#Similar‘ but with the black on head and breast somewhat restricted and less sharply defined. [17]. 6 .—‘Similar to ad. 6, but the black feathers with yellow tips. 1m. 9 .iSimilar to ad. 9 . but