FEMALE CAPE MAY WARBLER. 
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0 j, 1 * solitary and silent, gleaning amongst the branches 
tit 1Ses ’ an< l creeping much after the manner of the 
with its head frequently downwards, in pursuit 
* larva; and insects, which constitute exclusively the 
this species. 
shi" * S0U vvas impressed with the opinion, that the 
P® of the hill would justify the formation of a distinct 
which would include this bird, the Sylvia 
( "ooora, and some other species. In this opinion 
a,|‘y i ?' r has coincided, by forming his subgenus Dacnis, 
‘ cl ‘ he places under his extensive genus Cassicus, 
parking that they form the passage to Motacilla. 
V s su %enus wo shall adopt, but we differ from Cuvier 
tL String it under Sylvia; it will then form the 
an ;*-ti 0ll to t i lc more slender-billed Icteri. Temminck 
t!i ( . | ' 'billot have arranged them also under Sylvia; 
Hint*'' autll °r, in the (French) New Dictionary of 
j t / Ur al History, gives them the name of pitpits ; and 
most probably from want of examination, that he 
tk(. not considered the present bird as belonging to 
at section. 
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Sr lriA haritima, bonap female cape mat warblp.r. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE III. FIG. III. 
"'arm AS . S0 fortunate as to obtain this undescribed little 
tl C * u a smil H wood near Bordentown, New Jersey, 
"oiia l4th of M ay. M which season ornithologists 
"'art i do wel1 10 ,je on tiie alert to detect the passenger 
limit .T S> "' llose stay in this vicinity is frequently 
j ® a very few days. 
hi)! , . guig by the analogical rules of our science, this 
" ai l l* 110 °ther than the female of Wilson’s Cape May 
he i ’ r ' Its appearance is so different from the male 
0j f "scribed, that the specific identity is not recog- 
ta- 0 ' at first sight; but, by carefully comparing the 
eh-° s l )e °lmens, a correspondence in the least variable 
r em < i ters may readily he perceived, especially in the 
"ar. table slenderness of the hill, which distinguishes 
