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INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 
of the cornel and the whor tie-berry. At length, the young 
are seen to select each other's society, and rove about 
without any fixed resort, previous to their gradual de- 
parture. A pair, probably of the same brood, still lin- 
gered here in September, and like the little Parrots, call- 
ed Inseparable, appeared fondly to cherish each other's 
company. It was towards evening when I saw them, and 
at first they appeared inclined to roost in the shady wil- 
low tree on which they had alighted. They nestled close 
to each other with looks and notes of tenderness and af- 
fection ; wherever one went the other instantly followed, 
and the same branch continually presented the same con- 
stant pair. 
This species is 5J inches in length, and 9 in alar extent. Above 
it is dusky olive green. Beneath yellowish-white, inclining to ash 
color on the breast. The wings are dusky brown, crossed with two 
bars of brownish or sullied white ; a ring of the same surrounds the 
eye; secondaries edged with whitish, the outer edge of the '1st pri- 
mary white, under wing-coverts pale yellow; 2d, 3d, and 4th prima- 
ries nearly of a length, with the 1st and 6th also equal. Tail pale 
dusky brown, decidedly emarginate, as in the preceding species; 
the outer feather margined with whitish. Legs and feet black. Bill, 
upper mandible blackish-brown, the lower, between horn and flesh 
color, not remarkable for its breadth. The sexes nearly alike. 
The white marks considerably clearer in the young before moulting. 
Subgenus. — Syl vania. # (Genus Setophaga, 
Sivainson.) 
Bill depressed, of moderate width, with elongated bristles at the 
base, the mandibles of equal length and acute ; the upper scarcefy 
notched, slightly bent at tip, but scarcely inflected over the lower. 
Tarsus longer than the middle toe. 2d and 3d primaries about equal 
and longest, with the 1st scarcely shorter. Tail rather long and 
wedge-shaped. 
* In reference to its affinity with Sylvia, to which genus it was referred by Pennant 
and Gmelin. 
