104 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 67. 



part of the head covered with long, loose, brownish feathers, 

 all of which are erectile. Wings, back and rump deep choc- 

 olate or brown — edged with paler. — 2d, od, 4th and fifth Pri 

 maries, shafts white for several Inches, crossed on the outer 

 A'ein with brown — 4 quill longest. — upper tail Coverts with 

 Tail which is composed of 12 broad feathers light Bufif as well 

 as the femorals and under tail feathers, crossed with regular 

 streaks of brown, bro [torn by seal | banded at tip. — Shafts 

 of the same above, and beneath White. — Throat, Sides of the 

 head and neck feathers to the shoulders above and the [torn 

 by seal] beneath, bright ferrugineous marked longitudinally 

 with streaks of deep black each with rufous, divided in the 

 center with rufous — body beneath as the back. Thighs, mus- 

 cular, very dark brown, longish — Tarsus 3 and -J/l Inches long. 

 Middle toes 2%, — connected with the outer by a small mem- 

 brane — All bright yellow. — Scutellate above, rough beneath. — 

 Claws long, nearly straight, black. — 



Total length from tip of bill to end of Claws 243, s In. Wings 

 l-Vs shorter. — Tail V2 Inch shorter than to the claws. Breadth 

 four feet — Weight 2>< pounds. — Interior of the mouth yellow, 

 skin of the bodv yellow — body nniscular and tough — craw or 

 bag of the stomach a mere pouch filled with putrid flesh — Deer 

 and horse Hair, with many maggots. — Feed along with Buz- 

 ards and Carrion Crows, tearing as they do the flesh from 

 under their feet. Flight, high, protracted. Elegant. — Male 

 Bird — Breed in the Interior of the Florida, rare. — ■ 



Make the best of this you can until you receive the Skin 

 and recollect then that the colours have greatly faded since 

 I made my drawing which was up to Nature when alive. ! '" 

 Ever vours. Dear Harlan. I. J- A. 



NTDIFICATION OF THE WORM-EATING W^VRBLER 



The wooded hills of Chester county, Pennsylvania. es]:)ecial- 

 ly the long liroken ridges bordering the Chester valley and 

 the Branch wine creek, have long been famous as the breed- 

 ing ground of the Worm-eating Warbler. T had ]>romised 

 two voung friends, both members of the Delaware Valley 



