CAPE MAY WARBLER. 
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• STLFIA 3IAIiITlMAf WILSON. — CAPE MAY WARBLER, 
WILSON, PLATE LIV. FIO. III. — MALE. 
in g***® “ew and beautiful little species was discovered 
tbg *®aple swamp, in Cape May couiit}^ not far from 
puy- by Mr George Ord of this city, who aqcom- 
“ shooting excursion to that quarter in the 
of ? of May last, [181 1.] Through the zeal and activity 
an(j '? ffeutlemau I succeeded in procuriug many rare 
Salt among the sea islands and extensive 
iai,i,|J*'\''iShes that border that part of the Atlantic; ; and 
lateresliug information relative to their nests, 
ti|^ jtnd particular habits. 1 have also at various 
the^ "eeii favoured with specimens of other birds from 
act, *‘*'*16 friend, for all which 1 return ray grateful 
ijJO'vledgineuts. 
lift] “ same swamp that furnished us with this elegant 
**|’'‘'®''nOr, and indeed several miles around it, were 
lot ‘Golfed by us both for another specimen of the same; 
swcc‘‘S8- Fortunately it proved to be a 
and in excellent plumage. 
i'^rts^ f **■ summer resident in the lower 
a ni, Jersey, or merely a transient passenger to 
***iup'^* northern climate, I cannot with certainty deter- 
l()n,f" spring had been remarkably cold, with 
bij.j ,®**J violent northeast storms, and many winter 
ill ji’ 'veil as passengers from the south, still lingered 
SHjglj*^ "'oods as late as the 20th of May, gleaning, in 
Icavp^ •'‘"'•tnif t*'® opening buds and infant 
skipping nimbly from twig to twig, which 
with the bird now before us when it was 
en|.„JI“®®i’ved. Of its notes, or particular history, I am 
uninformed. 
up species is five inches and a half, 
Up|,„ ’ eight and a half; bill and legs, black; whole 
Ovgj, .jl''"'*' of the head, deep black ; line from the nostril 
Sar f oye, chin, and sides of the neck, rich yellow; 
Bathers .orange, which also tints the back part of 
