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however, is a much larn-er bird ; is of a dark 
olive above, and orange yellow below ; has all the habi^’ 
of a creeper, alighting on the trunks of the pine tre^-’ 
running nimbly round them, and, according to Mr Abl>*! ’ 
builds a pensile nest. I observed thou.sands of them ■ 
tlie pine woods of Carolina and Georgia, where tb®-' 
are resident, but have never met with them in any 
of Pennsylvania. 
This s))ecies is live inches and a half long, and se'"*', 
and a half broad ; hind head, and whole back, a rb'® 
green olive; crown and front, orange yellow; "’b<'* 
lower parts, yellow, except the vent feathers, wbk*; 
arc white ; bill, black above, lighter below ; lores, bla*-! ' 
tile form of the bill approximates a little to that of V'. 
finch ; wings and tail, deep brown, broadly edged n'd 
pale slate, which makes them appear wholly of t' . 
tint, except at the tips ; first and second row of covf'^ 
tipt with white slightly stained with yellow ; the tlit*^ 
exterior tail feathers have their inner vanes nearly 
white ; legs, pale bluish ; feet, dirty yellow ; the t" _ 
middle tail feathers are pale slate. The female difi'-’f’ 
very little in colour from the male. 
This species very miudi resembles the prothonob'"^-! 
warbler of Pennant and Buft'on ; the only dift'erenr® 
can perceive, on comparing specimens of each, is, 
the yellow of the prothonotary is more of an oraR? 
tint, and the bird somewhat larger. 
136 . srzriA cnnrsorTERA, catham and wilson. 
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE XV. FIO. VI -MALE. 
This is a spring passenger through the United 
to the north. From the particular form of its bilb ’ 
ought rather to be separated from the warblers; 
along with several others of the same kind, might ^ 
arranged as a subgenera, or particular family o*’ 
tribe, which might with propriety bo called worm-cate 
the motaciila vermivora of Turtoa having the b 
