26Q YELLOW RED-POLL WARBLER. 



this species in Pennsylvania in summer, although occasionally in the 

 month of May it is to be seen for a few days. It is very rare in Maine ; 

 but I found it abundant in Newfoundland and Labrador, where I seldom 

 passed a day without searching for its nest, although I am sorry to say, 

 in vain. In the month of August the old birds were feeding their young 

 all around us, and preparing to return to milder winter quarters. 



The pair represented in the plate were drawn on the banks of the 

 Mississippi, along with a plant which grew there, and was in flower at 

 the time. Those represented in the 63d plate, were drawn in the Flori- 

 das, in full spring plumage, a few days previous to the departure of the 

 species from that country. These I placed on their favourite wild orange 

 tree, which was then in full bloom. 



Nothing can be more gladdening to the traveller, when passing 

 through the uninliabited woods of East Florida, than the wild orange 

 groves which he sometimes meets with. As I approached them, the 

 rich perfume of the blossoms, the golden hue of the fruits, that hung 

 on every twig, and lay scattered on the ground, and the deep green of 

 the glossy leaves, never failed to produce the most pleasing effect on my 

 mind. Not a branch has suffered from the pruning knife, and the grace- 

 ful form of the trees retains the elegance it received from nature. Rais- 

 ing their tops into the open air, they allow the uppermost blossoms and 

 fruits to receive the unbroken rays of the sun, which one might be tempt- 

 ed to think are conveyed from flower to flower, and from fruit to fruit, so 

 rich and balmy are all. The pulp of these fruits quenches your thirst 

 at once, and the very air you breathe in such a place refreshes and rein- 

 vigorates you. I have passed through groves of these orange trees 

 fully a mile in extent. Their occurrence is a sure indication of good 

 land, which in the south-eastern portion of that country is rather scarce. 

 The Seminole Indians and poorer Squatters feed their horses on oranges, 

 which these animals seem to eat with much relish. The immediate 

 vicinity of a wild orange grove is of some importance to the planters, 

 who have the fruits collected and squeezed in a horse mill. The juice 

 is barrelled and sent to different markets, being in request as an ingre- 

 dient in cooling drinks. The straight young shoots are cut and shipped 

 in bundles, to be used as walking sticks. 



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