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EACHMAN'S WARBLER. 



Sylvia Bachmanii. 



PLATE CLXXXV. Male and Femalt.. 



My friend Bachman has the merit of having discovered this pretty 

 little species of Warbler, and to him I have the pleasure of acknowledging 

 my obligations for the pair which yon will find represented in the plate, 

 accompanied with a figure of one of the most beautiful of our southern 

 flowers, originally drawn by my friend's sister, Miss Martin. I myself 

 have never had the good fortune to meet with any individuals of this in- 

 teresting Sylvia, respecting which little is as yet known, its discoverer 

 having only procured a few specimens of both sexes, without being able 

 to find a nest. The first obtained was found by him a few miles from 

 Charleston, in South Carolina, in July 1833, while I was rambling 

 over the crags of Labrador. According to my amiable friend, it was 

 " a lively active bird, gliding among the branches of thick bushes, occa- 

 sionally mounting on the wing and seizing insects in the air in the man- 

 ner of a Flycatcher. It was an old female that had to all appearance 

 just reared a brood of young." Shortly after, several were seen in the 

 same neighbourhood ; so that we may yet expect an account of its man- 

 ners, migration, and breeding, which may find a place in a subsequent 

 volume of my work. 



Bachman's Warbler, Sylvia Bachmanii. 



Adult Male. Plate CLXXXV. Fig. L 



Bill rather long, slightly bent towards the tip, subulato -conical, ex- 

 tremely acute, the edges sharp and inflected. Nostrils basal, lateral, ellip- 

 tical, half- closed above by an arched membrane. The general form slender. 

 Feet of ordinary length ; tarsus slender, compressed, anteriorly scutellate, 

 sharp behind ; toes free, the hind toe strong, the two lateral nearly equal, 

 the middle one much longer ; claws slender, arched, compressed, acute. 



Plumage soft and blended, slightly glossed. Wings of moderate length, 

 the first four quills nearly equal, the second longest ; the second, third, 



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