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threes, resembling tweedle, tweedle, tweedle. It appe*f 
in Kentucky from the south about the middle of 
«and leaves the territory of New Orleans on the appra^*^, 
of cold weather; at least I was assured that it does 
remain there durinir the winter. It appeared to 
be a restless, fighting- species ; almost always enga?'’, 
in pursuing some of its fellows; though this W'K, 
have been occasioned by its numbers, and the partiei% 
season of spring, when love and jealousy rage , 
violence in the breasts of the feathered tenants of 
gi-o ve; who experience all the ardency of those passia*^ 
no less than their lord and sovereign man. 
The Kentucky warbler is five inches and a half la'’'’ 
and eight inches in extent ; the upper parts are 
olive green ; line over the eye and partly under it, 
whole loiver parts, rich brilliant yellow ; head sligl'* ? 
crested, the crown deep black, towards the hind p'"^ 
spotted with light ash ; lores, and spot curvin**- , 
the neck, also black ; tail nearly even at the cud, 
of a rich olive green ; interior vanes of that and ‘■’J 
wings, dusky; legs, an almost transparent pale flf*” 
colour. ^ 
The female wants the black under the eye and t'*' 
greater part of that on the crown, having those p< 
yellowish. This bird is very abundant in the 
woods along the Teiinesee and Cumberland rivers. 
t21. SVLFIJ WILSON. — Sl'Li'IA DISCOLOS, VIEirl' 
PKAIRIE WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE XXV. FIG, IV. 
This pretty little species I first discovered in 
singnlar tract of country in Kentucky, commonly caU'^® 
the Barrens. I shot several afterwards in the ep®® 
woods of the Chactaw nation, where they were 
numerous. They seem to prefer these open plains, 
thinly wooded tracts ; and have this singularity in the'^ 
manners, tliat they are not easily alarmed ; and scare*' 
among the leaves the most leisurely of any of the trio" 
