152 YEETEBRATA. 
THE BLUE-WINGED YELLOW WAEBLER. 
It is six incTies long, its color brown above and yellowisli-wliite beneath. This genus also in- 
cludes tlie CiSTicoLE Warbler, i). cisticola, four and a half inches long, and celebrated for the 
ingenuity with which it builds its nest. This is placed in a tuft of strong, coarse grass, and is 
purse-shaped, with an opening at the side. 
Genus EPTHIANTJR A : Eiothianura. — The species of this belong to Australia, of which an 
example is the "White-fronted Epthianura, dark gray above, white beneath ; forehead, face, 
and throat white. 
The American Warblers are very numerous, about forty species being known in the United 
States ; far the greater part are migratory, as are their congeners in Europe, moving to the north 
in spring and to the south in autumn ; most of them, however, spending the gay season among us, 
and enlivening our spring and summer landscapes by their lively sports, their cheerful labors, and 
their delicious songs. They are embraced by naturalists under the family name of Si/lvicoUdce, 
and ranged under several genera. 
