78 WARBLER. 



In General Hardwicke's drawings are three small birds, greatly 

 resembling the Yellow Wren. The first four inches and a half long ; 

 above very pale ash-colour ; beneath pale yellow buff; over the eye, 

 from the forehead, a conspicuous, pale yellow streak ; bill dusky, 

 beneath paler ; tail even ; legs pale. 



Another, four inches and a quarter : above tender pale green, 

 inclining to brown on the back ; beneath pale, cinereous, yellowish 

 white, with a tinge of yellow on the breast ; tail even. 



A third most like our Yellow Wren ; length four inches : above 

 pale olive green, beneath dusky white; over the eye, from the fore- 

 head, a white streak, surrounding the eye in a narrow rim ; bill and 

 legs pale brown; tail slightly hollowed out at the end. This last 

 said to have been found at Moue, in December. 



One, similar to the above, is figured in the American Ornithology . 

 This is five inches in length, and eight and a quarter in extent : the 

 upper parts dull yellow olive; the wings dusky brown, edged with 

 lighter; greater and lesser coverts tipped with white; lower parts 

 dirty white, stained with dull yellow ; tail dusky brown, with a white 

 spot on the inner webs of the feathers; head remarkably small ; bill 

 broad at the base, furnished with bristles, and notched near the tip. 



This is found in New Jersey, particularly in swamps; one of them 

 seen in an orchard, the end of April, was remarkably active, running, 

 climbing, and darting among the opening buds, with extraordinary 

 agility. Mr. Wilson ranks this with the Flycatchers, which it pro- 

 bably may belong to ; but in external appearance in the plate,* it is 

 very similar to the Yellow Wren. 



* Amer. Orn. Vol, 6. pi. 5. f. 5. Muscicapa minuta, Small-headed Flycatcher.' 



