. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. Spbcub XXII. SYLVIA PROTONOTARIUS. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. [PUU ZXIV. Fig. 3.] Aret. Zool. p, 410.—Burrow, v., 310.—L.\tuam, ir., 494. PI. Eul 704. This ib an iiiliabitnnt of tho same country as the Painted Bunting; and also a passenger from tho south; with tins difference, that tho bird now before us seldom approaches the house or garden ; but keeps among the retired depj) and swampy woods, througii wliich it flits nimbly in Bearch of small eaferpiliars; uttering every now and
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. Spbcub XXII. SYLVIA PROTONOTARIUS. PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. [PUU ZXIV. Fig. 3.] Aret. Zool. p, 410.—Burrow, v., 310.—L.\tuam, ir., 494. PI. Eul 704. This ib an iiiliabitnnt of tho same country as the Painted Bunting; and also a passenger from tho south; with tins difference, that tho bird now before us seldom approaches the house or garden ; but keeps among the retired depj) and swampy woods, througii wliich it flits nimbly in Bearch of small eaferpiliars; uttering every now and then a few screaking notes, .scarcely worthy of notice. They ore abundant in the Mississippi and New Orleans territories, near the river; but arc rarely found on the high ridges inland. From tho peculiar form of its bill, being roundish and remarkably pointed, this bird might with propriety be clas-sed as a sub-genus, or separate family, including several otliers, viz., the Blue-winged Yellow Warbler, the (iolden-crowncd Warbler, the (Joldon-winged Warbler, the Worm-eating Warbler, and a few more. The bills of all these corres- pond nearly in form and pointedncss, being generally longer, thicker at tho base, ami more round than those of the genus Sylvia, generally. The first nieiitioneil species, in particular, greatly resembles this in ita general appearance; but the bill of the I'rothonotary is rather stouter, and the yellow much deeper, extending farther on the back ; its manners and the c<iuntry it irdiabiis are also diflTi-rent. This species is five inches and a half long, and eight and a half in extent; the head, neck, and whole lower parts (except the vent) are of a remarkably rich and brilliant yellow, slightly inclining to orange; vent white ; back, scapulars and leaser wing coverts yelhiw olive ; wings, rump a?id tail coverts a lead blue; interior vanes of the former black ; tail nearly cccn, and idack, broadly edged with blue, all the feathers, except the two
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