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YELLOW-THROAT WARBLER. 
with the Creepers, the latter is decisively that of the Warbler. 
The first opportune I had of examining a living specimen 
of this bird, was in the southern parts of Georgia, in the 
month of February. Its notes, which were pretty loud and 
spirited, very much resembled those of the Indigo Bird. It 
continued a considerable time on the same pine tree, creeping 3 
around the branches, and among the twigs, in the manner of 
the Titmouse, uttering its song every three or four minutes. 
On flying to another tree, it frequently alighted on the body, 
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have been used by Mr Swainson to designate almost all those birds in North 
America, which will represent the European Sylviance , or Warblers. They 
are generally of a stronger make ; the bill, though slender, is more conical, and 
the wings have the first and second quills of nearly equal length. The general 
dress is chaste and unobtrusive ; but, at the same time, we have exceptions, 
shewing great brilliancy and beauty of colouring. Their habits are precisely 
the same with our Warblers. They frequent woods and thickets. They 
are in constant motion, creeping and clinging about the branches, and inspecting 
the crevices in the bark, or under sides of the leaves, in search of insects. 
When their duties of incubation are over, they become less retired, and, with 
their broods, assemble in the gardens and cultivated grounds, where they find 
sustenance in the various fruits and berries. The notes of all are sprightly 
and pleasant ; and a few possess a melody hardly inferior to the best songsters 
of Europe. 
Mr Audubon has figured the following birds, which appear to rank under 
this genus, as hitherto undescribed : — Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. male and female, 
plate lxv. He met with this species only once ; it is entirely of a bright yellow 
colour, about four and a half inches in length. The bill appears more bent 
than in the typical species. Sylvia Roscoe, Aud. plate xxiv. male ; looking 
more like a Trichas, shot on the Mississippi, the only one seen. The colours 
of the upper parts are dark olive, a slender white streak over each eye, and a 
broad black band from the eye downwards ; the under parts, yellow. Sylvia 
Childrenii, Aud. plate xxxv. ; killed in the state of Louisiana ; only two 
specimens were met with. General colour of the plumage, yellowish green ; 
length, about four inches and three quarters. 
We cannot but regret the want of specimens of these interesting and rare 
species. Their authority will rest upon Mr Audubon’s plates. It is impos- 
sible, from them alone, to say, with precision, that they belong to this genus ; 
and they are placed in it provisionally, with the view of making the list as 
complete as possible, and to point them out to others who may have the 
opportunity of examining them. — Ed. 
