WARBLING FLYCATCHER. 385 
WARBLING FLYCATCHER.—MUSCICAPA MELODIA.— 
Fie. 175. 
VIREO GILVUS. — Bonaparte. 
Muscicapa gilva, Vieill. pl. 34. (auct. Bonap.) — Vireo gilvus, Bonap. Synop. p. 
70. Nomen. sp. 123. _ se 
Tus sweet little Warbler is for the first time figured and described 
m Fig. 175. In its general appearance it resembles the Red-eyed 
Flycatcher ; but, on a-close comparison, differs from that bird in many 
particulars. It arrives in Pennsylvania about the middle of April, and 
inhabits the thick foliage of orchards and high trees; its voice is soft, 
tender, and soothing, and its notes flow in an easy, continued strain, 
that is extremely pleasing. It is often heard among the weeping wil- 
lows and Lombardy poplars of this city; is rarely observed. in the 
woods; but seems particularly attached to ‘the society of man. It 
gleans among the leaves, occasionally darting after winged insects, 
and searching for caterpillars; and seems by its manners to partake 
considerably of the nature of the genus Sylvia. It is late in departing, 
and I have frequently heard its notes among the fading leaves of the 
poplar in October. ; , nt 
This little bird may be distinguished from a!l the rest of our song- 
sters by the soft, tender, easy flow of its notes, while hid among the 
foliage. In these there is nothing harsh, sudden, or emphatical ; they 
eee along in a kind of meandering strain, that is peculiarly its own. 
May and June it may be generally heard in the orchards, the borders 
of the city, and around the farm-house. ss : 
This species is five inches and a half long, and eight inches and a 
half in extent;. bill, dull lead color above, and notched near the point, 
lower, a pale flesh color ; eye, dark hazel ; line over the eye, and whole 
lower parts, white, the latter tinged with very pale greenish yellow 
near the breast; upper parts, a pale green olive ; wings, brown, broadly 
edged with pale olive green} tail, slightly forked, edged with olive ; 
the legs and feet, pale lead; the head inclines a little to ash; no white 
