. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . wines round the trunks ofvarious trees, and produces beautiful flowers, in which Humming-birds arefrequently seen to search for the minute insects which form their are destitute of smell, but are seen both during spring and autumn. Rathbone Warbler, Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 333. Wings of ordinary length, the second quill longest; tail nearly even. Thegeneral colour of the plumage bright yellow, the upper parts olivaceous;quills and tail wood-brown, the former yellow on the ou
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . wines round the trunks ofvarious trees, and produces beautiful flowers, in which Humming-birds arefrequently seen to search for the minute insects which form their are destitute of smell, but are seen both during spring and autumn. Rathbone Warbler, Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 333. Wings of ordinary length, the second quill longest; tail nearly even. Thegeneral colour of the plumage bright yellow, the upper parts olivaceous;quills and tail wood-brown, the former yellow on the outer web, the lattermargined externally with the same. Female similar. Male, 4?r. Mississippi. Only one pair seen. The Ramping Trumpet-flower. Bignonia capreolata, Wittd. Sp. PL, vol. iii. p. 297. Piirsch, Flor. Amer., vol. ii. —Didvnamia Angiobpermia, Linn.— Juss. This species is distinguished by its conjugate cirrhous leaves, with oblongo-lanceolate leaflets, which are somewhat cordate at tbe base, the lower leavessingle. The flowers are carmine. :nt°!8 PI. 9 <& // -Ju^y \mp€h/-- Mzt/£r. uriy r<s »<7* t/A« . •:./r . 55 THE YELLOW RED-POLL WOOD-WARBLER. 4- Sylvicola petechia, Lath. PLATE XC—Males and Young. I most willingly acknowledge the error under which I laboured manyyears, in believing that this species and the Sylvia palmarum of Bonaparte,are distinct from each other. To the sound judgment of my good friendJohn Bachman, I am indebted for convincing me that the figure given bythe Prince of Musignano is that of our present bird, at a different period oflife, and therefore with different plumage. While at Charleston, in thewinter and spring of 1833—4, I became convinced of my error, after examin-ing a great number of specimens, in different states of plumage. All theseindividuals had the same habits, and uttered the same notes. I may hereremark, that the true Sylvia palmarum has not yet been met with in theUnited States. The Yell
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