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ORANGE-CROWNED SWAMP- WARBLER. 
Length 5£ inches, extent of wings 7 I hill along the ridge , along the 
edge \ ; tarsus T 9 2 . 
Adult Female. • 
Bill and feet of the same colour as in the male, the former inclined to 
yellowish-grey beneath. The female wants the orange spot on the crown, 
but in other respects resembles the male in colour, although the rump and 
upper tail-coverts are of a darker tint. 
Length slightly less than that of the male. 
The Huckleberry or Blue-tangles. 
Vaccinium frondosum, Willd. Sp. PI., vol.ii. p.352. Pursch, Flor. Amer., vol. i. p. 
285. — Decandria Monogynia, Linn. Ericle, Puss. 
Leaves deciduous, ovato-oblong or lanceolate, entire, smooth, glaucous be* 
neath, resinous ; racemes lax, bracteate ; pedicles long, filiform, bracteolate ; 
corollas ovato-campanulate, with acute lacinim and included anthers. The 
flower is white, the calyx green, the berry globular and of a bluish-black 
colour. It varies greatly in the form of the leaves, as well as in stature, 
sometimes attaining a height of six or seven feet. 
Huckleberries form a portion of the food of many birds as well as of 
various quadrupeds. Of the former I may mention in particular the Wild 
Turkey, several species of Grouse, the Wild Pigeon, the Turtle-dove, some 
Loxias, and several Thrushes. Among the latter the Black Bear stands 
pre-eminent, although Racoons, Foxes, Opossums, and others destroy great 
quantities. When the season is favourable, these berries are so thickly 
strewn on the twigs, that they may be gathered in large quantities, and as 
they become ripe, numerous parties resort to thegi’ounds in which they are 
found, by way of frolicking, and spend the time in a very agreeable manner. 
