PRAIRIE WARBLER. 
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ave yet met with ; seeming to examine eyery blade 
fe every leaf ; uttering at short intervals a 
J^We chirr. I have observed one of these birds to sit 
j. Ihc lower branch of a tree for halt an hour at a 
and allow mo to come up nearly to the foot of the 
without seeming to be in the least disturbed, or 
j ?‘scontinue the regularity of its occasional note. In 
ij, '‘'’’ty it is the reverse of the preceding species ; and 
jj •^ther a scarce bird in the countries where 1 found 
Its food consists principally of small caterpillars 
" Winged insects. 
prairie ivarbler is four inches and a half long, 
oli» inches and a half in extent ; the upper parts are 
th jotted on the back with reddish chestnut ; from 
j, I® "ostril over and under the eye, yellow ; lores, black ; 
''«ad streak of black also passes beneath the yellow 
the eye; small pointed spots of black reach from 
*itlc below that along the side of the neck and under 
Cf® "’ings; throat, brca.st, and belly, rich yellow; vent, 
m ^ coloui’ed, tinged with yellow ; wings, dark dusky 
> primaries and greater coverts, edged and tipt 
W ^ yellow ; second row' of coverts, w'holly yellow ; 
> f^ii> brownish black, lighter on the 
three exterior feathers broadly spotted with 
female is destitute of the black mark under the 
a few slight touches of blackish along the 
tea the neck ; and some faint shades of brow nish 
.j.J’t the back. 
" o L this species is of very neat and delicate 
fo^hiaanship, being pensile, and generally hung on the 
Of ef a low bush or thicket ; it is formed outwardly 
Steen moss, intermixed with rotten bits of wood and 
inside is lined with extremely 
hbres of (rrape-vine bark ; and the whole would 
\vl,n®^y weigh” a quarter of aii ounce. The eggs are 
Jk t®i with a few' brown spots at the great end. 
Oct*? birds are migratory, departing for the south la 
mber. 
