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other Not as if afraid of me, but as if anxious for food, 

 hanging its Wings very much Hke the Hooded fly Catcher 

 and constantly Keeping its tail much spread like the 

 American Red Start the Only Note it repeated every 

 time it left a place for another Was a simple soft single 

 Tweet, all its Movements extremely quick gave Me 

 much trouble to Shot it — this Bird I Never have Met be- 

 fore, and of Course I Consider it as a Very Scarce One, 

 its Note attracted me as that of all New species do; 

 More of its habit I would Like to Know — Total Length 



5 Inches Breadth 8 — Whole upper part of a rich Olive 

 Yellow — deeper on the shoulders & back. Wing feath- 

 ers Black edged with bright Olive — tail Much rounded, 

 composed of 12 Feathers the 3 first exterior on each 

 side Outwarding edged with brownish black and 

 Yellow inwardly these edges broadening more as they 

 goes to the Midle feathers that are of a dark brown 

 nearly black edged with Olive — Under wing Coverts 

 rich yellow — under tail Coverts the same, very long — 



Eyes, full. Irises deep brown, bill the true Warbler 

 horn col*^ above and Clay below, very Sharp with a 

 few black bristle tongue forked & slender — Legs feet 



6 Claws Yellowish Clay — it proved on dissection a 

 Male, extremely fat — Gizzard containing, remains of 

 Caterpillars, Small beetles and diferent Kinds of Small 

 flies with a few fine Clean Sands — 



August 29**^* saw Two of those Birds to day a Male 

 & femelle that I approached and Examined very 



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