184 TROGLODYTES CEDON. 
several of the secondaries ; tail, pretty long', forkf'^; 
dusky, exterior vanes broadly edged with yellow 
legs, brown, feet and claws, yellow ; bill, black, slciw^'j 
straight, evidently of the mvscicapa form, the upp® 
mandible being notched at the point, and furnished * 
the base with bristles, that reach half way to its 
but what seems singular and peculiar to this little biiy 
tlie nostril on each side is covered by a single featlj*-’ ' 
that much resembles the autennse of some "butterd"’^ 
and is half the length of the bill. Buft’on has tak* 
notice of the same in the European. Inside of 
mouth, a reddish orange ; clan s, extremely sharp, • j 
hind one the longest. In the female, tlie tints 
markings are nearly the same, only the crown or cf^' 
is pale yellou'. These birds are numerous in Pcnii*^.’^. 
vania, in the month of October, frequenting' bushc.s 
overhang streams of water, alders, briers, and parti*'!^ 
larly apple trees, where they are eminently useful 
destroying great numbers of insects, and are at tu’’ 
season extremely fat. 
GENUS XXV — TROGLODYTES, Vniii.L. 
SUBGENCS I. —TROGLODYTES, VIEII.I.. 
142. TROGLODYTES IBOO.V, VIEII.I. 
SYLYXA DOMF.STICA, 'WILSON. — HOUSE WBEX. 
WILSO.V, PLiTR VTII. PIG. III. 
This well known and familiar bird arrives in 
sylvania about the middle of April ; and, about the 8; 
or 10th of May, begins to build its nest, sometimes ' 
the wooden (Tirnishing under the eaves, or in a holli* j 
cherry tree ; but most commonly in small boxes, ti**' 
on the top of a pole, in or near the garden, to which 
is extremely partial, for the groat niimherof caterpHh' 
and other larva; with wdiich it constantly supplies bu®' 
If iUl these conveniences are wanting, he will even p“ 
