TENNESSEE SWAMP-WARBLER. 97 



Tennesse Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 83. 

 Sylvia peregrina, Bonap. Syn., p. 87. 



Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 412. 

 Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii.p. 307. 



Bill of moderate length, thick at the base, tapering, straight, acute; upper 

 mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the edges sharp, without a 

 notch. Nostrils basal, oval, covered above by a membrane, and partially 

 concealed by the feathers. Head of ordinary size, neck short, body rather 

 slender. Feet of ordinary length, rather slender; tarsus compressed, covered 

 anteriorly with a few long scutella, sharp behind; toes slender, free, the outer 

 united to the second joint, the hind-toe proportionally large; claws arched, 

 slender, much compressed, acute. 



Plumage blended, soft. Wings longish, little curved; the second and third 

 quills longest. Tail rather longish, nearly even, the lateral feathers bent 

 outwards. 



Bill dark brown, paler beneath. Iris hazel. Feet brown, tinged with 

 blue. The general colour above is yellow-olive, the head darker, the under 

 parts cream-coloured, fading behind into white. A pale yellow line over 

 the eye; quills dark brown, the primaries margined with yellowish-grey; 

 the wings without bands. 



Length A\ inches, extent of wings 8; bill along the back f|, along the 

 edge-&; tarsus -&. 



Ilex laxiflora. 



Ilex laxiflora, Pursch, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 117.— Tetrandria Tetragynia, 

 Linn. — Rhammi, Juss. 



Leaves ovate, sinuato-dentate, spinous, shiny, flat; peduncles supra-axillar, 

 aggregated on the younger branches. An evergreen shrub, with yellowish- 

 red berries. 



