TENNESSEE SWAMP-WARBLER. 
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Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina , Wils. Airier. Oni., vol. iii. p. 83. 
Sylvia peregrina, Bonap. Syn., p. 87. 
Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 412. 
Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 307. 
Bill of moderate length, thick at the base, tapering, straight, acute ; upper 
mandible nearly straight in its dorsal outline, the edges sharp, without a 
notch. Nostrils basal, oval, covered above by a membrane, and partially 
concealed by the feathers. Head of ordinary size, neck short, body rather 
slender. Feet of ordinary length, rather slender ; tarsus compressed, covered 
anteriorly with a few long scutella, sharp behind ; toes slender, free, the outer 
united to the second joint, the hind-toe proportionally large ; claws arched, 
slender, much compressed, acute. 
Plumage blended, soft. Wings longish, little curved ; the second and third 
quills longest. Tail rather longish, nearly even, the lateral feathers bent 
outwards. 
Bill dark brown, paler beneath. Iris hazel. Feet brown, tinged with 
blue. The general colour above is yellow-olive, the head darker, the under 
parts cream-coloured, fading behind into white. A pale yellow line over 
the eye ; quills dark brown, the primaries margined with yellowish-grey ; 
the wings without bands. 
Length 4! inches, extent of wings 8 ; bill along the back T 4 5 *, along the 
edge T °j ; tarsus -,*• 
Ilex laxiflora. 
Ilex laxiflora, Pursch, FI. Amer. Sept., vol. i. p. 117. — Tetrandria Tetragynia., 
Linn . — Rhammi, Juss. 
Leaves ovate, sinuato-dentate, spinous, shiny, flat ; peduncles supra-axillar, 
aggregated on the younger branches. An evergreen shrub, with yellowish- 
red berries. 
