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100 . h'LFIA COMO.VATA, LATHAM AHD WILSOS.'. 
TELLOW-RUJIP WARBLEn. 
WILSON, PLATE XLV. FIO. III.— WINTER PLEMAGE. 
I 3IUST refer the reader to the last article for tb^ 
description of this bird in his perfect colours; 
present exhibits him in his M'inter dress, as he arri'"*^ 
to us, from the north, early in September; the forin^'^ 
shews him in his spring and summer dress, as he vis'** 
ns, from the south, about the 20th of March. 
birds remain with us, in Pennsylvania, from September ' 
until the season becomes severely cold, feeding on I 
berries of the red cedar ; and, as December’s sno"’’ 
come on, they retreat to the lower countries of 
■southern States, where, in February, I found them 
great numbers, among the myrtles, feeding on 
lierries of that shrub ; from w'hich circumstance, tb"/ 
were usually called, in that ijuarter, myrtle birds. Tl"'’* 
breeding place I suspect to be in our northern distrit**' I 
among the swamps and evergi'eens so abundant thc>'^ I 
having myself shot them in the Great Pine sw-a"*? . 
about the middle of May. 
They range along our whole Atlantic coast in winte*’ 
seeming particularly fond of the red cedar and tb* 
myrtle ; and I have found them numerous, in Octobe*’ 
on the low islands along the coast of New Jersey in 
same pursuit. They also dart after flies, wherever 
can see them, generally skipping about with the wi"i>' 
loo.se. 
Length, live inches and a quarter ; extent, ei?^ 
inches ; upper parts and sides of the neck, a 
mouse brown, obscurely streaked on the back . 
dusky black ; lower parts, pale dull yellowish wl'i*'’ I 
breast, marked with faint streaks of brown ; chin 
vent, white; rump, vivid yellow; at each side of 
breast, and also on the crown, a spot of fainter ycllo"'! 
this last not observable, w ithoiit separating the pluinail^/ I 
bill, legs, aud u'ings, black ; lesser coverts, tipt ' 
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