SPECIES 28. SYLVM RUBRIC JiPILLA. 
NASHVILLE WARBLER. 
[Plate XXVIL— Fig. 3.] 
Peale’s Museum, J^o. 7789. 
The very uncommon notes of this little bird were familiar 
to me for several days before I succeeded in obtaining it. These 
notes very much resembled the breaking of small dry twigs, or 
thestrikingof small pebblesof different sizes smartly against each 
other for six or seven times, and loud enough to be heard at the 
distance of thirty or forty yards. It was some time before I 
could ascertain whether the sound proceeded from a bird or an 
insect. At length I discovered the bird; and was not a little 
gratified at finding it an entirely new and hitherto undescribed 
species. I was also fortunate enough to meet afterwards with 
two others exactly corresponding with the first, all of them 
being males. These were shot in the state of Tennesee, not 
far from Nashville. It had all the agility and active habits of 
its family the Worm-eaters. 
The length of this species is four inches and a half, breadth 
seven inches; the upper parts of the head and neck light ash, a 
little inclining to olive; crown spotted with deep chestnut in 
small touches; a pale yellowish ring round the eye; whole lower 
parts vivid yellow, except the middle of the belly, which is 
white; back yellow olive, slightly skirted with ash; rump and 
tail coverts rich yellow olive; wings nearly black, broadly 
edged with olive; tail slightly forked and very dark olive; legs 
ash; feet dirty yellow; bill tapering to a fine point, and dusky 
ash; no white on wings or tail; eye hazel. 
