1 82 VERTEBRATES: BIRDS. 



The Genus Sylvia comprises the Tailor-Bird, 5. sutoria, 

 Lath., of the East Indies, which is about five inches long, 

 and celebrated for the ingenious way in which it prepares 

 a place for its nest. Picking up a leaf, it sews its edges, 

 with a thread which it makes or finds, to a living leaf, 

 leaving an opening above ; and thus a pouch is formed 

 which is suspended by the leaf-stalk of the living leaf. 

 In the bottom of this the nest is made. Sometimes it 

 sews together two contiguous living leaves. 



The Genus Myiodioctes is characterized by a depressed 

 bill notched at the tip, the gape with long bristles, wings 

 longer than the tail, and the latter rounded or graduated ; 

 the colors olive or plumbeous above, and yellow beneath. 



The Hooded Warbler, M. miiratus, Aud., of the United 

 States east of the Missouri, is five inches long, the wing 

 two and three quarters inches, the head and neck black, 

 back olive green, the front, cheeks, and under parts yel- 

 low, and the tail with white on the outer feathers. 



The Small-headed Flycatcher, M. minutus, Baird, of 

 the Atlantic States, is five inches long, olive above, yellow 

 beneath, and the wings with two white bands. 



The Green Black-cap Flycatcher, M. pzisillus, Bonap., 

 of the United States, is four and three quarters inches 

 long, the wing two and a quarter inches, the upper parts 

 olive, the forehead, line over the eye, and under parts 

 bright yellow, the crown with a black patch. 



The Canada Flycatcher, M. canadensis, Aud., of the 

 United States east of the Mississippi, is about five and 

 a third inches long, the wing about two and two thirds 

 inches, the back bluish ; streaks upon the crown, stripe 

 on the side of the head and neck, and collar of streaks 

 upon the breast, black. 



Bonaparte's Flycatcher, M. Bonapartii, Aud., of Lou- 

 isiana, is over five inches long, and closely resembles the 

 preceding species. 



