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the male is like that in the PI. enl. but it is pale, not black, and the 

 tail is longer; builds the beginning of May, the nest of swamp moss, 

 and placed at the extremity of a limb of a tree, hanging over a lake 

 in a swamp ; the egg purplish, pale blush-colour for two-thirds from 

 the tip ; at the large end transparent, and yellowish, and marked 

 with numerous minute reddish specks, with here and there a larger 

 one : is most frequent about Ogechee River ; the nest attached to four 

 reeds, like a hammock, in a curious manner; is a rare bird, only 

 seen in summer ; has a few screaking notes, but nothing like a song ; 

 abundant in the Mississippi, and New Orleans, near the river, rarely 

 on high ridges. 



249.— CRESTED WARBLER. 



Sylvia cristata, Ind. Orn. ii. 541. 



Motacilla cristata, Gm. Lin. i. 972. 



Le Figuier huppe de Cayenne, PL enl. 391. 1. Buf. v. 314. 



Crested Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 493. Shaw's Zool. x. 686. pi. 53. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill dusky brown ; upper parts of the 

 body brownish green, the under greenish grey ; the feathers of the 

 whole crown long enough to form a crest ; these are blackish brown, 

 edged with white, and may be erected at will ; legs yellowish brown. 



Inhabits Guiana throughout the year, frequents the open parts, 

 and feeds on insects. 



250— HALF-COLLARED WARBLER. 



Sylvia semitorquata, Ind. Orn. ii. 542. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 43. 



Motacilla semitorquata, Gm. Lin. i. 952. 



Le Figuier a demi collier, Buf. v. 316. 



Half-collared Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 495. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 31 1. Shaiv's Zool. x. 594. 



LENGTH four inches and a half. Bill blackish above, and 

 whitish beneath ; top of the head yellowish olive ; behind the eyes 



