152 THE WARBLING VIREO. 



indeed furiously, and although I did not see them strike it, compelled it to 

 leave the place. 



The flight of the Warbling Vireo is performed by gentle glidings, and 

 seldom extends to a greater length than a hundred yards at a time. I never 

 saw it on the ground. 



It was never observed by me in Louisiana or Kentucky, nor does it pass 

 along the maritime districts of Georgia or the Carolinas; but from Virginia 

 to Maine it is not uncommon, although I saw none farther north. It arrives 

 in the Jerseys and Pennsylvania about the first of May, some years perhaps 

 a little earlier, and proceeds farther east as the season advances. I do not 

 think that it raises more than one brood each season, although I have 

 observed it as late as the 15th of October in the Middle Districts, where I 

 believe the greater number of these birds spend the summer. Not one 

 could I see during the winter in the Floridas, where, however, the White- 

 eyed and Red-eyed Vireos were frequently heard in full song. 



It is very surprising that this species, which is found on the Columbia 

 river, and in our Middle and Eastern Districts, enters, traverses, and leaves 

 the United States in a manner unknown to any one. When on my way to 

 the Texas, I met with most of our small birds, but with none of this species. 



Warbling Flycatcher, Muscicapa melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. v. p. 85. 

 Vireo gilvcs, Bonap. Syn., p. 70. 

 Warbling Vireo, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 309. 



Warbling Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo gilvus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 114; vol. 

 v. p. 433. 



Upper parts light greenish-olive, the head and hind neck greyish-brown; 

 a white band over the eye; wings and tail brown, quills edged with green; 

 lower parts dull yellowish-white, the sides tinged with yellow. 



Male, 5±, 8|. 



From Texas to Maine, and in the interior to Columbia river. Abundant. 

 Migratory. 



The Swamp Magnolia. 



Magnolia glauca, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. ii. p. 1256. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept., vol. ii. p. 

 381. Mich., Arbr. Forest, de l'Amer. Septentr., vol. iii. p. 78, pi. 2.— Polyandria 

 Polygynia, Linn. — Magnolle, Juss. 



The swamp magnolia is abundant in all marshy places from Louisiana to 

 Connecticut, growing in groves in and around the swamps. It seldom 

 exceeds twenty feet in height, and is more usually eight or ten. The flowers 



