290 INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 



of the cornel and the vvhortle-berry. At length, the young 

 are seen to select each other's society, and rove about 

 without any fixed resort, previous to their gradual de- 

 parture. A pair, probably of the same brood, still lin- 

 gered here in September, and like the little Parrots, call- 

 ed Inseparable, appeared fondly to cherish each other's 

 company. It was towards evening when I saw them, and 

 at first they appeared inclined to roost in the shady wil- 

 low tree on which they had alighted. They nestled close 

 to each other with looks and notes of tenderness and af- 

 fection ; wherever one went the other instantly followed, 

 and the same branch continually presented the same con- 

 stant pair. 



This species is 5^ inches in length, and 9 in alar extent. Above 

 it is dusky olive green. Beneath yellowish- white, inclining to ash 

 color on the breast. The wings are dusky brown, crossed with two 

 bars of brownish or sulhed white ; a ring of the same surrounds the 

 eye ; secondaries edged with whitish, the outer edge of the i^lst pri- 

 mary white, under wing-coverts pale yellow; 2d, 3d, and 4th prima- 

 nes nearly of a length, with the 1st and 6th also equal. Tail pale 

 dusky brown, decidedly emarginate, as in the preceding species; 

 the outer feather margined with whitish. Legs and feet black. Bill, 

 upper mandible blackish-brown, the lower, between horn and flesh 

 color, not remarkable for its breadth. The sexes nearly alike. 

 The white marks considerably clearer in the young before moulting. 



Subgenus. — Sylvania.* (Genus Setophaga, 

 Sioainson. ) 



Bill depressed, of moderate width, with elongated bristles at the 

 base, the mandibles of equal length and acute ; the upper scarcely 

 notched, slightly bent at tip, but scarcely inflected over the lower. 

 Tarsus longer than the middle toe. 2d and 3d primaries about equal 

 and longest, with the 1st scarcely shorter. Tail rather long and 

 wedge-shaped. 



* In reference to its affinity witli Sylvia,to which genus it was referred by Pennant 

 and Gmelin. 



