. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . erennials. The branches of the trees are festooned with long pendantmasses of Spanish moss. In the shallow water grow cypress trees, water tupelos,button-bushes 1, and willows, while on the border several varieties of oaks, the beautifulsweet gum^ and black birches thrive luxuriantly. Magnolias, loblolly bays, waxmyrtles, hollies, and other evergreen trees and shrubs, numerously interspe
. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . erennials. The branches of the trees are festooned with long pendantmasses of Spanish moss. In the shallow water grow cypress trees, water tupelos,button-bushes 1, and willows, while on the border several varieties of oaks, the beautifulsweet gum^ and black birches thrive luxuriantly. Magnolias, loblolly bays, waxmyrtles, hollies, and other evergreen trees and shrubs, numerously interspersed withelms and ashes, are also found in such localities. Mexican mulberry, dogwood, and otherberry-bearing shrubs are encountered in great numbers. The entire forest, especiallythe larger trees and bushes near the water, are in many places so densely covered andinterlaced with trailing and creeping vines as to form an almost solid barrier to theexplorer. Garland-like the laurel smilax climbs over bushes and trees, and the trumpetvme* and the Virginia creeper = cling to the bark of the forest monarchs even at theirvery tops. The beautiful clusters of orange-colored blossoms of the trumpet creeper XIV. tJ^-^^k^,*^ 1. GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS Cab. 4. SYLVANIA MITRATA NuUall. 2. DENDROICA CAERULESCENS Brd. 5. SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA Swains. 3. GEOTHLYPIS FORMOSA Rid^w 6. SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS Swaiiis. hang down from the branches in gorgeous abundance. The most remarkable plant tothe novice is the strangely interwoven and twisted supple Jack*. This extremely pliablevine can be seen here in all possible shapes. In one spot numerous smooth greenstems sprout up from one rooted knob, growing up vertically, and, after obtainingconsiderable height, begin to intertwine w^ith each other, or reach out for the nearesttree and twist themselves tightly around its trunk and branches; in another place, two,three, or more of these stems are twisted together into one cord- or cable-like mass,directly after
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