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treats where beauty, overshadowed by gloom, inspires awe, 

 and has become holy, while nature, from her tenderest 

 depths, breathes a touching sob of that " melody which is 

 the voice of the universe, whereby it proclaims its scheme 

 and inmost essence." The wood thrush inhabits the con- 

 tinent from Hudson's Bay to Florida. It arrives at the 

 mountain early in April, and migrates in October. 



MERULA Minor, (Gm.) Little Hermit Thrush. The 

 hermit is "olive-brown on back, with rufus tail, beneath 

 brownish- white, with dusky spots," and is a shy, wild little 

 bird, with some of the habits of the wood thrush, and full of 

 sweetest music. It affects also dark, solitary places, where 

 its melodious notes, in " silver cadence," often mingle with 

 those of the wood thrush. Range, New Hampshire to 

 Florida. It remains but a short time on the mountain. 



MERULA Wilsonii, (Bonap.) Wilson's thrush, or Veery. 

 " Tawny -brown, beneath whitish, dusky spots on throat, tail 

 short." This thrush has many habits in common with the 

 wood and hermit thrushes, coming to the mountain the 

 latter part of April, and leaving in October. His notes are 

 singular and striking, monotonous and quaint, but frequently 

 truly musical. 



SEIURUS Noveboracensis, (Nutt.) New York thrush. 

 Rarely seen in Pennsylvania except as a wanderer to more 

 northern or southern regions. This bird is peculiar and in- 

 teresting in its habits, which are aquatic. 



SEIURUS Aurocapillus, (Wilson.) Golden-crowned thrush, 

 or oven bird. This bird is remarkable for its oven-shaped 

 nest and strange habits. 



WARBLERS. 



SYLVIA, (Lath.) This genus has many species widely ex- 

 tended. They are small, sprightly birds, perpetually busy 

 in pursuit of the insect prey on which they live. They ap- 

 proach in their habits several other families of birds with which 

 they are really allied. Some of them live almost entirely on 



