THE PENSILE-WARBLER— WaENS — MOTMOT. 367 



The Superb in rich robes flaunted by without lute ; 

 And the African blew, as it pleas'd him, his flute ; 

 One, the Babbling, was heard in a neighbouring vale; 

 While the Motmot(") ran past with his singular tail. 



The Bananivoruf Banana- Warbler, or Bananistey is often 

 seen on the bananas, on which it is supposed tp feed ; song 

 trifling ; inhabits St. Domingo. 



The PensiliSf or Pensile-Warbler, inhabits St. Domingo 

 and the pine thickets of Georgia ; it is five inches long, and a 

 most beautiful species ; nest very curious, hanging by the top 

 and playing with every blast of wind ; the opening is beneath, 

 through which the bird rises some way upward, over a kind of 

 partition, and descends again to the bottom, on which the eggs, 

 four, are laid on a soft downy matter. The nests are frequently 

 seen suspended on the withes which hang from tree to tree, and 

 chiefly such as are over water ; song very delicate, and con- 

 tintved throughout the year; the female also sings, although not 

 equal to the male ,; feeds on insects and fruit ; breeds, it is said, 

 two or three times a year. 



The Carolinensis, Louisiane-Wren, or Coroiine-fFrcn, is five 

 inches long ; inhabits various parts of South America ; called 

 Tout-voix hy the French ; song said to be little inferior to the 

 nightingale ; nest like a melon; the entrance to which is about 

 the middle ; it is suspended between reeds, and lined with fea- 

 thers ; it is made by the female, the male bringing her the ma- 

 terials. 



The Calendula^ or Ruby-crowned-Wren, is larger than the 



Golden-crested-Wren ; plumage above olive, with a tinge of 



brown, beneath yellowjsh-white ; note loud ; it has also a 



pretty soft warbling one ; inhabits South Carolina and Georgia. 



(37) Order, Pic^, (Lath.) Motmot. 



The genus Momotus, (Lath.) or Motmot, consists of two 

 species j the characteristics are a strong, slightly curved bill, 

 serrate at the edges; nostrils feathered; tongue feathered ; tail 



