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TENNESEE WARBLER. 
^*^ctly of form. The hahits of these birds parfahe 
I^Sood deal of those of the titmouse ; and, in their 
SSUage and action, they very much resemble them, 
p ^ tliat can be said of this specie.s is, that it appears in 
. ^nnsylvaoia for a few days, about the last of April or 
IpS'miing’ of May, darting actively among the young 
and opening buds, and is rather a s<'arco sjjecies. 
*he golden-winged warbler is five inches long, and 
broad; the crown, golden yellow; the first and 
o'’®*>d row of wing-coverts, of the same rich yellow ; 
fest of the upper parts, a deep ash, or dark slate 
oj “**>■; tail, slightly forked, and, as well as the wings, 
%ed with whitish"; a black band passes through the 
and is separated from the yellow of the crown by 
line of white; chin and throat, black, between 
!cl> and that passing through the eye runs a strip of 
K, belly and vent, white; bill, black, gradually 
Wring to a sharp point ; h>gs, dark ash ; irules, hazel. 
, ®nnant has described this species twice, first, as the 
j. 6n-wiuged w arbler, and, immediately alter, as the 
'’"’-fronted warbler. 
ari.FIA PERKGRIXAf WILSOK. TENNESEE WARBLEU. 
WILSON, PLATK XXV. FIG. 11. 
1 plain little l’i''‘l ha* hitherto remained unknown. 
t|, •■’^t found it on the banks of Ciiinberland river, in 
Sin *^*^*‘* el Tennesee, and suppose it to be rare, having 
e® met with only two individuals of the same species. 
i|, " as hunting ni'mbly among the young leaves, and, 
i,^".all the rest of the family of w’orm-eaters, to which, 
gn I’ill, it evidently belongs, seemed to partake a 
f^,ed (leal of the hahits of the titmouse. Its iiotesAvere 
ijj" '["d weak ; and its stomach, on dissection, contained 
"’1 green (raterpillar.s, and a few winged insect.s. 
if this species is so very rare in the United States, 
tnost probably a native of a more southerly climate, 
nf'."’’® it may be equally nnmerous with any of the rest 
tts genus. The small cerulean warbler, wbicli, in 
