174 WARBLER. 



In one sent from Georgia, the outmost tail feather is white ; the next 

 black, with one-third from the tip white ; the third black, the tip 

 only white ; the rest wholly black. 



Inhabits Pennsylvania ; arrives early in spring, and returns in 

 autumn ; the nest is often seen on the tops of trees, and singularly 

 constructed, composed of fine downy matter, with an outside of 

 moss and liver-wort, lined with horse-hair, in form cylindrical, 

 placed between the forks of the branches of a tree, and open at the 

 top ;* rarely seen after the 20th of August, when it retires south- 

 ward ; has the habit of a Flycatcher. This is one of the birds, in 

 the nest of which the Cowpen Oriole lays its eggs. 



A. — Le Figuier a tete noire, PL enl. 704. 1. Gen. Syn.'w. 491. 117. Var. A. 



This is like the last, but the whole of the upper part of the head, 

 above the eyes, is black; the greater quills wholly black, as are the 

 six middle tail feathers, the others white. 



This was brought from Cayenne. According to Mr. Abbot, this 

 bird is called Blue Titmouse, or Spindle legs, from their being long 

 and slender; the bill, too, is small and delicate; commonly seen in 

 the woods in summer, and is continually in motion, creeping about 

 the trees and bushes, in search of insects; said to be found also in 

 Paraguay, but is not common there. 



225— SPOTTED-TAILED WARBLER. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill slender, half an 

 inch long, dusky, the under mandible pale; plumage in general fine 

 pale blue, much like the colour of the Blue Titmouse ; this extends 

 on the upper parts of the head, neck, and body, and surrounds the 



* Well represented in Edwards's Plate. 



