WARBLER. 169 



Inhabits North America ; first found on the banks of Cumberland 

 River, in the state of Tennesee, but only two have been seen ; it belongs 

 to, or at least comes nearest to, the Worm-eater ; has the habits of 

 the Titmouse ; feeds on caterpillars, and winged insects ; its notes 

 are few and weak. 



219 —MOURNING WARBLER. 



Sylvia Philadelphica, Mourning Warbler, Amer. Orn.'u. pi. 14. f. 5. 



LENGTH five inches, breadth eight. Bill black, paler beneath ; 

 irides pale hazel ; plumage above deep greenish olive ; head dull 

 slate-colour; on the breast a crescent of alternate, transverse lines of 

 glossy white and deep black ; the rest of the under parts brilliant 

 yellow ; tips of the wings and two middle tail feathers brownish, the 

 latter rounded at the end. 



Inhabits Philadelphia, and its neighbourhood. One shot earty 

 in June, on the borders of a marsh, within a few miles of it. The 

 note was a kind of warble. 



220— HOODED WARBLER. 



Sylvia mitrata, Ind. Orn. ii. 528. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 23. pi. 77. 



Motacilla mitrata, Gm.Lin.i. 977. 



Parus Carolinensis torquatus, Bris. iii. 578. Id. 8vo. i. 471. Klein, 85. 



Hooded Titmouse, Gates. Car, i. pi. 60. 



Hooded Flycatcher, Amer. Orrt. pi. 26. f. 3. 



Hooded Warbler, Gen. St/n. iv. 462. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 287. Shaw's Zool. x. 399. 



SIZE of a Goldfinch ; length five inches and a half. Bill black ; 

 forehead, cheeks, and chin, yellow; abroad blacklist encompasses 

 the head, and neck behind, like a hood, passing forwards to the fore 

 part of the neck as a collar ; upper parts of the body dirty olive- 

 green, the under yellow ; tail a little rounded, the two outer feathers 



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