86 THE WORM-EATING SWAMP- WARBLER. 



The Orange-coloured Azalea. 



Azalea calendulacea, Mich., Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 151. Pursch, FI. Amer. Sept., 

 vol. i. p. 151. — Pentandria Monogvnia, Linn. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate, downy on both sides; flowers large, not 

 viscous, of a deep orange colour, the hairy tube of the corolla shorter than 

 its segments. It is a native of Georgia. 



THE WORM-EATING SWAMP-WARBLER. 



•f Helinaia vermivora. Lath. 

 PLATE CV.— Male and Female. 



The nest of this active little bird is formed of singular materials, being 

 composed externally of dried mosses and the green blossoms of Hickories 

 and Chestnut-trees, while the interior is prettily lined with fine fibrous roots, 

 the whole apparently rather small for the size of the occupants. About the 

 middle of May the female lays four or five eggs, which are cream-coloured, 

 with a few dark red spots near the larger end, leaving a circular unspotted 

 part at the extremity. The nest is usually placed between two small twigs 

 of a bush, not more than eight or nine feet from the ground, and sometimes 

 only four or five. 



The flight of the Worm-eating Warbler resembles that of the Crested 

 Titmouse, being of short duration, and accompanied with the same rustling- 

 noise, which is occasioned by the rather concave formation of their wings. 



It merely passes through Louisiana in spring, appearing there as early as 

 the beginning of April, and extends its migrations to the borders of Lake 

 Erie, where I shot several in autumn. It is probable that it proceeds farther 

 north. It returns through Louisiana about the end of October, only remain- 

 ing a few days on its passage. 



It is an inhabitant of the interior of the forests, and is seldom found on 

 the borders of roads or in the fields. In spring they move in pairs, and, 

 during their retrograde marches, in little groups, consisting each of a family, 

 seven or eight in number; on which account I am inclined to believe that 



