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NASHVILLE WARBLER. 

 SYLVIA EUFICAFILLA. 

 [Plate XXVIL— Fig. 3.] 



Pe ale's Museum, No. 7789. 



THE very uncommon notes of this little bird were familiar 

 to me for several days before I succeeded in obtaining it. These 

 notes very much resembled the breaking of small dry twigs, or the 

 striking of small pebbles of different sizes smartly against each 

 other for six or seven times, and loud enough to be heard at the 

 distance of thirty or forty yards. It was some time before I could 

 ascertain whether the sound proceeded from a bird or an insect. 

 At length I discovered the bird ; and was not a little gratified at 

 finding it an entire new and hitherto undescribed species. I was 

 also fortunate enough to meet afterwards with two others exactly 

 corresponding with the first, all of them being males. These were 

 shot in the state of Tennesee, not far from Nashville. It had all 

 the agility and active habits of its family the Worm-eaters. 



The length of this species is four inches and a half, breadth 

 seven inches ; the upper parts of the head and neck light ash, a 

 little inclining to olive ; crown spotted with deep chesnut in small 

 touches; a pale yellowish ring round the eye; whole lower parts 

 vivid yellow, except the middle of the belly, which is white ; back 

 yellow olive, slightly skirted with ash; rump and tail coverts rich 

 yellow olive ; wings nearly black, broadly edged with olive ; tail 

 slightly forked and very dark olive; legs ash; feet dirty yellow; 

 bill tapering to a fine point, and dusky ash; no white on wings or 

 tail; eye hazel. 



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