PALM WARBLER. 
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24 ’ STLriA PALM ARUM, LATHAM. — PALM WARBLER. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE X. FIG. II. 
Nv J ! ' is is one of those live!;,', transient -visitants, 
t)i . c "ming in spring- from warmer regions, pass 
Sl >h the middle states on their way to still colder 
s Wore northern countries, to breed. From the 
in V | Cl ty of the species, its passage has hitherto been 
observed ; and it is now, for the first time, introduced 
he. 1 °f the United States. Authors who have 
''otofore made mention of it, represent it as a per- 
th \ nt res 'dent of St Domingo, and other islands of 
6 West Indies, and even describe its nest and habits, 
as observed there. 
p| . the United States, it is found during winter in 
< n? ri< ^ a , where it is, at that season, one of the most 
v birds. In the month of November, they are 
j Y "Pendant in the neighbourhood of St Augustine, 
of ti 1St Florida, even in "the town, and in other parts 
be' lG territory wherever the orange tree is cultivated, 
j * ln g rare elsewhere. They are found in great numbers 
t *® orange groves near Charleston, south Carolina, 
A *'e same season, and have also been observed at 
' ^ est, and the Tortugas, in the middle of February, 
and 
at 
^ — Key Vacas in the middle of Marc 
the* 1 * 618 are s l iri ghtly, and a jerking of the tail, like 
Their 
(j- petvec, characterizes them at first sight from a 
a , aDc e. The only note we have heard them utter, is 
V 0| ',-l'le chirp, very much like that of the black and 
Tl °' v warbler, Sylvia maculosa, ( Magnolia of Wils.) 
j 1 e y ar e fond of keeping among the thick foliage of 
s „ . "range trees. A few are observed every year in 
,1 V n 81 on the borders of the Schuylkill, near Phila- 
' l'h'a, as well as in the central parts of New Jersey, 
’ ’heir passage to the North. They breed in Maine, 
a other parts of New England, where they are 
j! ln nion during summer, and perhaps also in Canada, 
° ll gh probably not extending to the inhospitable 
