2 1 4 YELL W- THRO A T WARBLER. 



its bill ; the former would rank it with the titmouse, or with 

 the creepers, the latter is decisively that of the warbler. The 

 first opportunity I had of examining a living specimen of this 

 bird was in the southern parts of Georgia, in the month of 

 February. Its notes, which were pretty loud and spirited, 

 very much resembled those of the indigo bird. It continued a 

 considerable time on the same pine tree, creeping around the 

 branches, and among the twigs, in the manner of the titmouse, 

 uttering its song every three or four minutes. On flying to 

 another tree, it frequently alighted on the body, and ran 

 nimbly up or down, spirally and perpendicularly, in search of 

 insects. I had afterwards many opportunities of seeing others 

 of the same species, and found them all to correspond in these 

 particulars. This was about the 24th of February, and the 

 first of their appearance there that spring, for they leave the 

 United States about three months during winter, and, con- 

 sequently, go to no great distance. I had been previously 

 informed that they also pass the summer in Virginia, and in 

 the southern parts of Maryland ; but they very rarely proceed 

 as far north as Pennsylvania. 



This species is five inches and a half in length, and eight 



Mr Audubon has figured the following birds, which appear to rank 

 under this genus, as hitherto undescribed : — Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. 

 male and female, plate lxv. He met with this species only once ; it is 

 entirely of a bright yellow colour, about four and a half inches in length. 

 The bill appears more bent than in the typical species. Sylvia Roscoe, 

 Aud. plate xxiv. male ; looking more like a Trichas, shot on the Missis- 

 sippi, the only one seen. The colours of the upper parts are dark olive, 

 a slender white streak over each eye, and a broad black band from the 

 eye downwards ; the under parts, yellow. Sylvia Childrenii, Aud. plate 

 xxxv. ; killed in the State of Louisiana ; only two specimens were met 

 with. General colour of the plumage, yellowish green ; length, about 

 four inches and three-quarters. 



We cannot but regret the want of specimens of these interesting and 

 rare species. Their authority will rest upon Mr Audubon's plates. It is 

 impossible, from them alone, to say, with precision, that they belong to 

 this genus ; and they are placed in it provisionally, with the view of 

 making the list as complete as possible, and to point them out to others 

 who may have the opportunity of examining them. — Ed. 



