54 RATHBONE'S WOOD-WARBLER. 



tent myself with informing you, that the small tribute of gratitude which 

 alone it is in my power to pay, I now joyfully accord, by naming after them 

 one of those birds, to the study of which all my efforts have been directed. 

 I trust that future naturalists, regardful of the feelings which have guided me 

 in naming this species, will continue to it the. name of Rathbone's Wood- 

 Warbler. 



I met with the species now under consideration only once, when I procur- 

 ed both the male and the female represented in the plate. They were ac- 

 tively engaged in searching for food amongst the blossoms and leaves of the 

 Bignonia on which I have placed them. All my endeavours to discover 

 their nest, or to procure other individuals, having proved abortive, I am un- 

 able to say any thing of their habits and history; but should I be more for- 

 tunate at some future period, I shall not fail to record the result of my ob- 

 servations respecting this delicate little Warbler. 



The Bignonia on which they are represented, grows abundantly in the 

 low alluvial grounds of the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, sparingly in 

 Tennessee, and about the mouth of the Ohio. It twines round the trunks of 

 various trees, and produces beautiful flowers, in which Humming-birds are 

 frequently seen to search for the minute insects which form their food. 

 They are destitute of smell, but are seen both during spring and autumn. 



Rathbone Warbler, Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 333. 



Wings of ordinary length, the second quill longest; tail nearly even. The 

 general colour of the plumage bright yellow, the upper parts olivaceous; 

 quills and tail wood-brown, the former yellow on the outer web, the latter 

 margined externally with the same. Female similar. 



Male, 4? r . 



Mississippi. Only one pair seen. 



The Ramping Trumpet-flower. 



Bignonia capreolata, Wittd. Sp. PL, vol. iii. p. 297. Piirsch, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. p. 

 419. — Didvnamia Angiobpermia, Linn. — Bignont.e. Juss. 



This species is distinguished by its conjugate cirrhous leaves, with oblongo- 

 lanceolate leaflets, which are somewhat cordate at tbe base, the lower leaves 

 single. The flowers are carmine. 



