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WORM-EATING WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia vermivora.) 



SY. olivacea, capite, gutture pectoregue fulvis, fascia oculari et 



arcu superciliari nigris, linca supra oculi Jlavicante, crisso 



cinereo. 

 Olive Warbler, with the head, throat, and breast, brown ; stripe 



through the eyes and superciliary arch black ; a line above 



the eye yellowish ; the vent ash-coloured. 

 Sylvia vermivora. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 544. 138. Vieil. Ois. de 



VAmer. Sept. 2. 43. Wils. Amer. Orn. 3. 74. 

 Motacilla vermivora. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 951. 

 Ficedula pensylvanica. Briss. Orn. Sup. 102. J6. 

 Demi-fin mangeur de vers. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 325. 

 La Fauvette vermivore. Vieil. Ois. de V Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 

 Worm-eater. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 406. SQO.^Eduards. Birds. 



305. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 499. 133. Wils. Amer. Orn. 3. 74. 



pi. xxiv./. 4. 



THE food of this species consists principally of 

 worms, from whence it takes its name : its beak is 

 dusky, with the lower mandible flesh-coloured : 

 the eyebrows are yellowish, with an arch of black 

 above : from the beak to the hind head, passing 

 through the eyes, is a black stripe : the upper 

 parts of the body, wings, and tail, dark olive- 

 green : the upper parts of the head, throat, and 

 breast, reddish yellow ; the belly and vent white : 

 the under tail-coverts cinereous: legs flesh-colour. 

 Inhabits Pensylvania, appearing for a short time 

 in the month of July, and again in the autumn. 



