56 THE YELLOW RED-POLL WOOD-WARBLER. 



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 graceful form of the tree retains the elegance 

 it received from nature. Raising 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 tempted 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 reinvigorates 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 

 fruit collected and squeezed in a horse-mill. The juice is barrelled and sent 

 to different markets, being in request as an ingredient in cooling drinks. 

 The straight young shoots are cut and shipped in bundles, to be used as 

 walking sticks. 



Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Wils. Amer. Orn., v. vi. p. 19. 



Sylvia petechia, Bonap. Syn., p. 83; /S". palmaricm, p. 78. 



Sylvicola petechia, Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Swain. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer., v. ii. 



p. 215. 

 Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Nutt. Man., v. i. p. 364. 

 Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Aud. Orn. Biog., v. ii. p. 259, Adult 



Male and Youns; p. 360, Adult Male and Female. 



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

 second longer than the first, which slightly exceeds the fourth; tail emargi- 

 nate. Male with the crown of the head deep brownish-red, the upper parts 

 yellowish-olive, streaked with brown; the rump greenish-yellow, without 

 streaks; quills dusky brown, primaries edged with whitish, secondaries with 

 yellowish; tail feathers dusky brown, margined with greenish-yellow, the 

 outer two with a white patch on the inner web at the end, sometimes the 

 outer white on both webs at the end; a bright yellow streak from the nostril 

 over the eye; lore dusky; ear-coverts brownish-red; lower parts yellow; the 

 sides of the neck, its lower part, and the sides of the body, streaked with 

 deep red. Female similar to the male, but with the tints duller and paler, 

 the red of the head scarcely apparent, and the fore-neck very faintly streaked. 

 Young dull light greenish-brown, tinged with grey, the head streaked with 

 dusky; lower parts yellowish-grey, the sides of the neck and body, with the 

 breast, faintly streaked with greyish-brown. 



