PINE SWAMP WARBLER. 
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j except in having the throat of a dull huff colour, 
j *iead of pale ash ; both of these were females ; and 
little doubt, but they are of the same species 
*'0 the present, as their peculiar activity seemed 
similar to the males above described, 
p ^hese birds do not breed in the lower parts of 
«iinsylvauia, thotigh they probably may be found in 
iRtuer in the alpine swamps and northern regions, in 
n^ipauy n ith a numerous class of the same tribe that 
in these uufrequeuted solitudes. 
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sriria rusiLLA, wii,son — atia'ia sriiAayosA, 
BONAT. 
PINE SWAMP WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE XLIII. ITG. IV. 
L little bird is, for the first time, described. Its 
‘'ourite haunts are iu the deepest and gloomiest 
and hemlock swamps of our mountainous regions, 
5 every tree, trunk, and fallen log, is covered with 
^i,'*.^uriant coat of moss, that even mantles over the 
jy '.ace of the ground, and prevents the sportsman from 
^.•“"•ing a thousand holes, springs, and swamps, into 
he is iiioessiiiitly plunged. Of the nest of this 
t)| ' J am unable to speak. 1 found it assoi'iated noth 
•'ll? ^^ackhurniau warbler, tbe golden-crested wren, 
^ 'Oro wmnl wren, yellovv-rum]>, and others ot that 
t^p 'ption, in such places as I have described, about 
as • “aiddle of May. It seemed as active in llycatching 
H Searching for other insects, darting nimbly about 
j, the branches, and flirting its wings ; but I could 
Ihf P^t’oeive that it had either note or song. I shot 
{j one male and two females. I have no (loiibt that 
Precd in those solitary swamps, as well as many 
of their associates. 
Iftn P'“® swamp ivarhlcr is four inches and a quarter 
Ma 1 seven inches and a quarter in extent ; bill, 
not notched, but furnished with bristles ; upper 
Pan*’ * gveen olive, with slight bluish reflections, 
Ivi "olarly on the edges of the tail and on the head; 
dusky, but so broadly edged with olive green as 
