NASHVILLE WARBLER. 
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and was not a little gratified at finding 1 it an entire new 
and hitherto undescribed species. I was also fortunate 
enough to meet afterwards with two others exactly 
corresponding- with the first, all of them being- males. 
These were shot in the State of Tennesee, not far from 
Nashville. It had all the agility and active habits of 
its family, the worm-eaters. 
The length of this species is four inches and a half, 
breadth, seven inches ; the upper parts of the head and 
neck, light ash ; a little inclining to olive ; crown, 
spotted with deep chestnut in small touches ; a pale 
yellowish ring round the eye ; whole lower parts, vivid 
yellow, except the middle of the belly, which is white ; 
back, yellow olive, slightly skirted with ash ; rump and 
tail-coverts, rich yellow olive ; wings, nearly black, 
broadly edged with olive; tail, slightly forked, and 
very dark olive ; legs, asli ; feet, dirty yellow ; bill, 
tapering to a fine point, and dusky ash ; no white on 
wings or tail ; eye, hazel. 
GENUS XXII SAXICOLA, , Bechst. 
138 . SAXICOLA SIALIS , BONAPARTE SYLVIA SIALIS , WILSON. 
BLUEBIRD. 
WILSON, PL. III. FIG, III.— ADULT MALE. — EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
The pleasing manners, and sociable disposition, of 
this little bird, entitle him to particular notice. As 
one of the first messengers of spring, bringing the 
charming tidings to our very doors, he bears his own 
recommendation always along with him, and meets 
with a hearty welcome from every body. 
Though generally accounted a bird of passage, yet, 
so early as the middle of February, if the weather be 
open, he usually makes his appearance about his old 
haunts, the barn, orchard, and fence posts. Storms and 
deep snows sometimes succeeding, he disappears for a 
time; but about the middle of March is again seen, 
accompanied by his mate, visiting the box in the garden. 
