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THE YELLOW RED-POLL WOOD- WARBLER. 
blossoms, the golden hue of the fruits, that hung on every twig, and lay 
scattered on the ground, and the deep green of the glossy leaves, never 
failed to produce the most pleasing effect on my mind. Not a branch has 
suffered from the pruning-knife, and the graceful form of the tree retains 
the elegance it received from nature. Raising their tops into the open air, 
they allow the uppermost blossoms and fruits to receive the unbroken rays 
of the sun, which one might be tempted to think are conveyed from flower 
to flower, and from fruit to fruit, so rich and balmy are all. The pulp of 
these fruits quenches your thirst at once, and the very air you breathe in 
such a place refreshes and reinvigorates you. I have passed through 
gi*oves of these orange trees fully a mile in extent. Their occurrence is a 
sure indication of good land, which in the south-eastern portion of that 
country is rather scarce. The Seminole Indians and poorer Squatters feed 
their horses on oranges, which these animals seem to eat with much relish. 
The immediate vicinity of a wild orange grove is of some importance to 
the planters, who have the fruit collected and squeezed in a horse-mill. 
The juice is barrelled and sent to different markets, being in request as an 
ingredient in cooling drinks. The straight young shoots are cut and 
shipped in bundles, to be used as walking sticks. 
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. vi. p. 19. 
Svlvia petechia, Bonap. Syri., p. 83 ; S. palmarum, p. 18. 
Svlvicola petechia, Yellow Red-poll Warbler , Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer., 
vol. ii. p. 215. 
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 364. 
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 259, 
Adult Male and Young; p. 360, Adult Male and Female. 
Wings of ordinary length, with the outer three quills almost equal, the 
second longer than the first, which slightly exceeds the fourth ; tail emargi- 
nate. Male with the crown of the head deep brownish-red, the upper parts 
yellowish-olive, streaked with brown ; the rump greenish-yellow, without 
streaks ; quills dusky brown, primaries edged with whitish, secondaries 
with yellowish ; tail feathers dusky brown, margined with greenish-yellow, 
the outer two with a white patch on the inner web at the end, sometimes 
the outer white on both webs at the end ; a bright yellow streak from the 
nostril over the eye ; lore dusky ; ear-coverts brownish-red ; lower parts 
yellow ; the sides of the neck, its lower part, and the sides of the body, 
streaked with deep red. Female similar to the male, but with the tints 
duller and paler, the red of the head scarcely apparent, and the fore-neck 
very faintly streaked. Young dull light greenish-brown, tinged with grey, 
the head streaked with dusky ; lower parts yellowish-grey, the sides of the 
neck and body, wifli the breast, faintly streaked with greyish-brown. 
