THE PINE CREEPING WOOD- WARBLER. 39 



Pine Warbler, Sylvia pinus, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 387. 



Pine Creeping Warbler, Sylvia pinus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 232. 



Vigors's Warbler, Sylvia Vigorsii, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 153. Young. 



Wings of moderate length, with the outer three quills almost equal, the 

 first and second longest; tail emarginate. Male with the upper parts light 

 yellowish-green, inclining to olive, the rump brighter; a streak over the eye, 

 the eyelids, throat, breast, and sides, bright yellow, with a greenish tinge, 

 the rest of the lower parts white; wings and tail blackish-brown; secondary 

 coverts and first row of small coverts largely tipped with dull white; prima- 

 ries edged with whitish, secondaries with brownish-grey; outer two tail- 

 feathers with a patch of white on the inner web, near the end. Female with 

 the upper parts yellowish-brown, tinged with grey, the lower parts of paler 

 and duller tints than in the male. Young similar to the female. 



Male, 5, S. 



From Texas to Maine. Very abundant. Resident in the Southern and 

 Middle States. 



The Yellow Pine. 



Pinus variabilis, Pursch, Flor. Amer. Sept., vol. ii. p. 643. — P. mitis. Michaux, Arbr. Fo- 

 rest., vol. i. p. 52. pi. 3. — Moncecia Monadelphia, Linn. — Conifers, Juss. 



This species is known by various names: — Long-leaved Pine, Yellow 

 Pine, Red Pine, and Pitch Pine. It attains a height of a hundred feet, and 

 has a diameter of four. The leaves are very long; three in a sheath, and fas- 

 ciculate at the ends of the branches. It is very abundant in the Southern 

 States, where it is employed for various purposes, more especially for the in- 

 closure of cultivated fields, and for ship-building and domestic architecture. 

 Most of the tar of the Southern States is obtained from this tree. 



