PALM WARBLER. 
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liistory of this species, which, as will be seen from the descrip- 
tion, possesses in an eminent degree the characters of the group. 
From the circumstance of its being found here in autumn and 
winter, we are led to infer that it comes to us from the north. 
PALM WARBLER SYLVIA PALMARUM Plate X. Fig. 2. 
Motacilla palmarum, Gmd, Syst» i. p. 951, sp. 53, winter dress. — Sylvia palmarum, 
Lath. Ind. p. 544, sp. 136. Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. ii. p. 21, pi. 73, (and the 
other works of the same author,) winter plumage. Nob. Add. Orn. U. S. in 
Jour. Ac. Ph. V. p. 29. Id, Cat. Birds U. S. in Contr. Mad. Lyc. Ph. i. 
p. 16, sp. 105. Id. Syn. Birds U. S. sp. 105, in Ann. Lyceum, N. Y. ii. p. 78. 
— MotaciUa ruficapilla, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 971, sp. 106, summer dress. — Sylvia rufi- 
capilla. Lath. Ind. summer dress, (not of Vieill.) — Ficedula Martinicana, Rms. 
Av. iii. p. 490, sp. 50, pi. 22, fig. 4, perfect plumage. — Le Bimbele, on fausse 
Linotte, Buff. Ois. v. p. 330, winter dress. — Figuier a tete rousse, Buff. Ois. 
V. p. 306, summer dress. — Palm warbler. Lath. Syn. iv. p. 489, sp. 131, win- 
ter dress. — Bloody-side warbler. Lath. Syn, iv. p. 489, sp. 115, (not of Penn.) 
summer plumage. — Philadelphia Museum. 
SYLVICOLA PALMARUM.— 
Sylvia palmarum, Bonap. Synop, p. 78. 
This is one of those lively, transient visitants, which, coming 
in spring from warmer regions, pass through the middle states, 
on their way to still colder and more northern countries, to 
breed. From the scarcity of the species, its passage has hitherto 
been unobserved ; and it is now, for the first time, introduced 
as a bird of the United States. Authors who have heretofore 
made mention of it, represent it as a permanent resident of St 
Domingo, and other islands of the West Indies, and even de- 
scribe its nest and habits, as observed there. 
In the United States, it is found during winter in Florida, 
where it is, at that season, one of the most common birds. In 
the month of November, they are very abundant in the neigh- 
bourhood of St Augustine, in East Florida, even in the town, 
and in other parts of the territory wherever the orange tree is 
cultivated, being rare elsewhere. They are found in great 
