. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . deflected atthe tip; lower mandible ascending at the tip. Nostrils basal, and neck of ordinary size; body rather slender. Feet of ordinarylength, slender; tarsus anteriorly scutellate; lateral toes nearly equal. Plumage blended, soft and tufty. Wings shortish, the third quill even, of twelve rounded feathers. Upper mandible blackish-blue, lower light blue. Iris white. Feet grey-ish-blue. The general colour of the upper parts is light olive, the headgreener. Sides of the head, incl
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . deflected atthe tip; lower mandible ascending at the tip. Nostrils basal, and neck of ordinary size; body rather slender. Feet of ordinarylength, slender; tarsus anteriorly scutellate; lateral toes nearly equal. Plumage blended, soft and tufty. Wings shortish, the third quill even, of twelve rounded feathers. Upper mandible blackish-blue, lower light blue. Iris white. Feet grey-ish-blue. The general colour of the upper parts is light olive, the headgreener. Sides of the head, including a line above the eye, and the loralspace, bright yellow. jQuills, large coverts, and tail, wood-brown, the quillsedged externally with greenish-yellow, the larger coverts tipped with white,forming two bands. Sides of the neck tinged with bluish-grey; the underparts greyish-white, excepting the sides, which are yellow. Length 5 inches, extent of wings 7; bill along the ridge -^j, along the gaP tV The female scarcely differs from the male in external appearance. 25T? 49. PI Orm^n fr,m . \*„„. /., ( / /„.,„/...„ / fXS , ,.„.... , . rj^u. THE WARBLING VIREO. 149 The Pride op China, or Bead-tree. Melia Azedarach, Linn., Sp. Plant., p. 550.—Decandria Monogynia, Linn.—Melijl,Juss. Distinguished by its bipinnate shining leaves, with ferruginous dotsbeneath. In the south of Europe, the nuts are bored and strung by theRoman Catholics. THE WARBLING VIREO, OR GREENLET. H-Vireo gilvus, CCXLL—Male and Female. While at the little village, now the city of Camden, in New Jersey, whereI had gone for the purpose of watching the passage of certain Warblers ontheir way north early in the month of May, I took lodgings in a streetornamented with a long avenue of tall Lombardy poplars, one of whichalmost touched my window. On it too I had the pleasure shortly afterwardsof finding the nest of this interesting little bird. Never before had I seenit placed
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