WORM-EATING WARBLER. 
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ati I is fiv® indies and a half long, and eight 
1). ^ half in extent; the head, node, and whole lower 
Wilp the vent,) are of a remarkably rich and 
VI)- ''“t yellow, slightly inclining to orange ; vent, 
ojl he ; back, scapulars, and lesser wing-coverts, yellow 
wings, rump, and tail-coverts, a lead blue ; 
j-I*''*®!' vanes of the former, black; tail nearly even, 
hlack, broadly edged with blue ; all the feathers, 
Yj*®!’!- the two middi e ones, are marked on their inner 
near the tip, with a spot of white; bill, long-, 
1)3 ht> sharp-pointed, and wholly black ; eyes, dark 
ij) I®') legs and feet, a leaden grey. Tlie female differs 
tij_ ?''iug the yellow and blue rather of a duller tint; 
' 'Qferiority, however, is scarcely noticeable. 
lo 3 . STLViA rjinmit'oRA, iatham and - wilson , 
WORM-EATING WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE XXIV. FIG. iV. 
."ts is one of the nimblest species of its whole 
1,^' y, inhabiting the same country with the preceding. 
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®xteiuling its migrations much farther north. It 
wa*'^** in Pennsylvania about the middle of May, and 
its i’* September. I have never yet met with 
t])^*'*st, hut have seen them feeding their young about 
Spj.'Mh of June. This bird is remarkably fond of 
Of ,.®*'*> darting about wherever there is a probability 
,0),^ "jiiug these insects. If there be a branch broken, 
f),,.,®® leaves withered, it shoots among them in pre- 
f)) !!®o to every other part of the tree, making a great 
itj, i® search of its prey. I have often watched 
to j ®®wuvres while thus engaged, and flying from tree 
Uojf®® i® search of such places. On dissection, I have 
e^f ®*'|®ly found their stomachs filled with spiders or 
(itt/*""®''®, or both. Its note is a feeble chirp, rarely 
^ced. 
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ai),f ‘® ®'orm-eater is live inches and a quarter in length, 
**®e iaehes in extent ; back, tail, and wings, a 
®lear olive; tips and inner vanes of the wing-quills, 
