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WORM-EATING WARBLER. 



(Sylvia vermivora.) 



8y. olimcea, capite, gutture pectoreque fuMs, fascia oculari et 

 arcu superciliari nigrisj Unea supra oculi Jiavicante^ crisso 

 cinereo, 



Olive Warbler^ with the head, throat, and breast, brown ; stripe 



through the eyes and superciliary arch black ; a line above 



the eye yellowish ; the vent asii-coloured. 

 Sylvia vermivora. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 544. 138. — VieiL Ois. de 



VAmer. Sept. 2. 43 — Wils. Amer. Orn. 3. 74. 

 Motacilla vermivora. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 951. 

 Ficedula pensylvanica. Briss. Orn. Sup. 102. 76. 

 Demi-fin mangeur de vers. Biif. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 325. 

 La Fauvette vermivore. Vieil. Ois. de I' Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 

 Worm-eater. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 406. 300. — Edwards. Birds. 



305.— Lath. Gen. Syn. A. 499, 133. — Wils. Amer. Orn. 3. 74. 



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The food of this species consists principally of 

 w^orms, from whence it takes its name : its beak is 

 dusky, with the lower mandible flesh-coloured: 

 the eyebrows are yellowish, with an arch of black 

 above : from the beak to the hind head^ passing 

 through the eyes, is a black stripe : the upper 

 parts of the body, v/ings, and tail, dark olive- 

 green : the upper parts of the head, throat, and 

 breast, reddish yellow ; the belly and vent white : 

 the under tail-coverts cinereous : legs flesh-coloun 

 Inhabits Pensylvania, appearing for a short time 

 in the month of July, and again in the autumn. 



