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NASHVILLE SWAMP- WARBLER. 
Plumage soft, blended, tufty. Wings sliort, curved, the first and second 
quills longest. Tail short, forked, of twelve rounded feathers. 
Bill greenish-brown. Iris dark brown. Feet yellowish-green. Head 
and cheeks brownish-grey, the upper part of the head dark red. A circle 
of white round the eye. The general colour of the upper parts is brownish- 
green, of the under greenish-yellow, brighter on the throat and breast. Inner 
webs of the wing and tail-feathers dusky, the outer brownish-green, and of 
the primaries bright yellow. 
Length 4£ inches, extent of wings 7 ; bill along the ridge along the gap 
J ; tarsus f . 
Adult Female. 
The female is much duller ; the head and hind-neck dark brownish-grey, 
tinged with green, the former without the red patch, the under parts more 
mixed with grey, the sides olivaceous, and the yellow of the wings less pure. 
The Swamp Spice. 
Ilex prixoides, Willd. Sp PL, vol. i. p. '709. Pursch , FI. Amer., vol. i. p. 118. — 
Tetrandria Tktragynia, Linn. — Rhamni, Juss. 
Leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base, slightly serrated ; peduncle one- 
flowered. The leaves of this species are deciduous, the berries bright red. 
Genus V.— MNIOTILTA, Vieill. CREEPING-WARBLER. 
Bill rather long, straight, very slender, nearly as broad as high at the base, 
much compressed toward the end ; upper mandible with the dorsal line very 
slightly convex, the edges a little inflected toward the end, the notches 
obsolete, the tip acute ; lower mandible with the dorsal line straight, the 
sides convex, the edges involute, the tip attenuated. General form slender. 
Feet of moderate length, very slender ; tarsus shorter than the middle toe 
and claw, much compressed, the upper scutella blended ; toes rather long, 
extremely compressed, the first very long, the second shorter than the third, 
which is adherent at the base, claws rather long, well arched, extremely 
