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THE WORM-EATING SWAMP- WARBLER. 
The Orange-coloured Azalea. 
Azalea calendulacea, Mich., Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 151. Pursch, FI. Amer. Sept., 
vol. i. p. 151. — Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. 
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, downy on both sides; flowers large, not 
viscous, of a deep orange colour, the hairy tube of the corolla shorter than 
its segments. It is a native of Georgia. 
THE WORM-EATING SWAMP- WARBLER. 
Helinaia vermivora, Lath . 
PLATE GY. — Male and Female. 
The nest of this active little bird is formed of singular materials, being 
composed externally of dried mosses and the green blossoms of hickories 
and chestnut-trees, while the interior is prettily lined with fine fibrous roots, 
the whole apparently rather small for the size of the occupants. About the 
middle of May the female lays four or five eggs, which are cream-coloured, 
with a few dark red spots near the larger end, leaving a circular unspotted 
part at the extremity. The nest is usually placed between two small twigs 
of a bush, not more than eight or nine feet from the ground, and sometimes 
only four or five. 
The flight of the Worm-eating Warbler resembles that of the Crested 
Titmouse, being of short duration, and accompanied with the same rustling 
noise, which is occasioned by the rather concave formation of their wings. 
It merely passes through Louisiana in spring, appearing there as early as 
the beginning of April, and extends its migrations to the borders of Lake 
Erie, where I shot several in autumn. It is probable that it proceeds farther 
north. It returns through Louisiana about the end of October, only remain- 
ing a few days on its passage. 
It is an inhabitant of the interior of the forests, and is seldom found on 
the borders of roads or in the fields. In spring they move in pairs, and, 
during their retrograde marches, in little groups, consisting each of a family, 
seven or eight in number ; on which account I am inclined to believe that 
