NASHVILLE WARBLER. 
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aad ^ gratified at finding it an entire new 
“itherto nndeseribed species. I was also fortunate 
5Jv 
j aituerty nnueseriueu species, i n as aiso iui i,uu<n,e 
coh."®*' aftenvards nitli two others exactly 
fl ^'‘ponding- with the first, all of them being males. 
V Were shot in the State of Tennesee, not far from 
it^.aville. It iiaj .,ii the agility and active habits of 
taiuily^ the worm-eaters. 
length of this species is four inches and a half, 
U '^Ith, seven inches ; the upper parts of the head and 
’ %fit a.sh ; a little inclining to olive ; crown, 
y^ii A 111^ i . — 
i>a 1 " ’ *Acopt the middle of the belly, which is white ; 
yellow olive, slightly skirted with ash ; rump and 
bf''‘^overts, rich yellow olive; wings, nearly black, 
t-®‘*'Uy ed<red with olive; fail, slightly forked, and 
V olive ; legs, ash ; feet, dirty yellow ; bill, 
''Id to a tine point, and dusky ash ; no white on 
j „ — , 
with deep chestnut in small touches ; a pale 
Owish rinir round the eye ; vi hole lower jiarts, vivid 
%^Sortail; eye, hazel. 
GENUS XXII SJXICOZA Bechst. 
'36. 
SIJIjIS, BONAFAUTB. — Sl'LFJA SIALJS, 'Wlt.SOlf. 
BLUEBIRD. 
» **L. 111. FIG. III. — ADULT M ALE.— EDINBUHGU COLLEGE SUSEUM. 
th] ? pleasing manners, and sociable disposition, of 
«»** little bird, entitle him to particular notice. As 
clla the first messengers of spring, bringing the 
tec tidings to our very doors, he bears his own 
lyj^tfiinendation always along with him, and meets 
*» hearty welcome from every body. 
So ’*®'’gh generally accounted a bird of passage, yet. 
Op ^‘‘vly as the middle of February, if the weather be 
usually makes his aiipearance about his old 
dsp**^**’ 11*® barn, orchard, and fence posts. Storms and 
litn^ ®*'ows sometimes succeeding, he disappears for a 
** ’ ^**1 about the middle of March is again seen, 
'’**'panied by his mate, visiting the box in the garden, 
