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pillars. ‘They also resort to the ground, and turn over the dried 
leaves in quest of the same kind of food. They are unsuspecting, 
and will suffer a person to approach within a few paces. When 
disturbed, they fly off to some place where withered leaves are 
seen. ‘They have only a few weak notes, which do not deserve 
the name of song. Their industry, however, atones for this defect, 
as they are seen continually moving about, rustling among the 
leaves, and scarcely ever removing from one situation to another, 
until after they have made a full inspection of the part in which 
they have been employed.” 
Mr. T. H. Jackson, of Westchester, Pa., describes, in the 
Am. Naturalist, the nest and eggs of this bird as follows : — 
“On the 6th of June, 1869, I found a nest of this species 
containing five eggs. It was placed in a hollow on the 
ground much like the nest of the oven bird (Sevurus auroca- 
pillus), and was hidden from sight by the dry leaves that 
lay thickly around. The nest was composed externally of 
dead leaves, mostly those of the beech, while the interior 
was prettily lined with the fine thread-like stalks of the 
hair-moss (Polytrichium). Altogether it was a very neat 
structure, and looked to me as if the owner was habitually 
a ground-nester. The eggs most nearly resemble those of 
the white-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), though the 
markings are fewer and less distinct. So close did the 
female sit that I captured her without difficulty by placing 
my hat over the nest.” 
HELMINTHOPHAGA, CABANIS. 
Helminthophaga, CABANtS, Mus. Hein. (1850-51) 20. (Type Sylvia ruficapilla.) 
Bill elongated, conical, very acute; the outlines very nearly straight, sometimes 
slightly decurved; no trace of notch at the tip; wings long and pointed; the first 
quill nearly or quite the longest; tail nearly even or slightly emarginate; short and 
rather slender; tarsi longer than the middle toe. 
HELMINTHOPHAGA PINUS.— Baird. 
The Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. 
Certhia pinus, Linneus. Syst. Nat., I. (1766) 187. Gm., I. (1788) 478. 
Sylvia solitaria, Wilson. Am. Omm., II. (1810) 109. Aud. Orn. Biog., I. (1832) 102. 
Sylvia ( Dacnis) solitaria, Nuttall. Man., I. (1832) 410. 
