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improbable that other migratory species may extend to Long Is- 

 land. This class of birds is not altogether confined to damp situa- 

 tions, as their title would seem to imply, although they have a pre- 

 deliction for low grounds, and usually keep among the bushes. 

 The present species has been shot during summer on the Catskill 

 Mountains, and it is not improbable that it breeds there ; it has 

 also been shot in Rockland County, and other parts of the State of 

 New York, but seems to be no where abundant. On Long Island 

 it is quite rare. I have not seen a specimen for the last two 

 years, and the number that I have met with during any season has 

 been very limited. 



HELINAIA VERMIVORA— LATHAM. 



WORM-EATING SWAMP WARBLER. 



Worm-eating Warbler, Svlvia vermivora, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Sylvia vermivora, Bonap. Syn. 



Worm-eating Warbler, Sylvia vermivora, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill nearly as long as the head ; horn color, 

 darker above ; first and second quills about equal ; third scarcely 

 shorter ; upper parts of head with three brownish-yellow and four 

 black bands. Adult with the upper part of the head black, with a 

 broad medial band of pale brownish yellow — a similar band over 

 the eye; a line of dusky behind the eye; cheeks, throat, fore neck, 

 and lower parts pale brownish-yellow ; upper parts light olive-green; 

 quills and tail feathers brown, margined with light olive-green 

 sides of the body tinged with the same. Length five inches and a 

 half, wing two and three quarters. 



This species exhibits more truly the type of the Genus than the 

 former or either of the following two. It is generally confined to 

 the wet, miry part of the woods, and loves to rustle among the dried 

 leaves of broken branches that are occasionally lodged in the trees ; 

 by this manoeuvre it is known to be nigh at hand when not seen. 

 Its note is low, and but seldom heard. 



