B A J R T F O M W A R B L E E .
M e liz o p liiliis p r o y i n a a l i s ; iZeacA•/}.
Uenm MELIZOPHILl'B, Imc/i.
Grxsf. Cut Aft T fe r fla rg e ; short, greatly '.ardbedi jfrowi the- base, eompressed, with the tip
, fisiely iriiiiirii'i^sudi^Ci; t&mm of both maudible*) irtifiecteci toward» the middle ; gape slightly
besircfeil. iffiatvih .basal,: lateral, ianjritudipirily cleft. Wintry short, rounded, the first
. feather very small, the apcoswl”shorter' than the third, fourth, and flfih, which are equal
»fid longest. JiwTloiig Jirid »«idit. It&gs iattViiag the tarsi strong1, awui longer than the middle
loe, which is nearly equal Ijjii length be tfes» Ifind one. ; ■
I ) A R T P O I I D W A I I B | | E R .
MiAtwphiliis prevjmswB*, pinch.
1 I * fttte -e lo a do ProvMice
•Ws adept fill1 present genus as constituted % Dr. Leach, in the formation of which we consider him borne
chiswlw l|{|i§Si jjf to tihfl Superb Warblers (jSSbfe»’»*«, pf flvaw i-HoMa.-id wb4e he 'vlimonship to- the
principally, ii: not delusively, connced to the southern and soutlkweslerrj district*, where it resorts i - •■¡•i' . . ■
heaths, and moorlaiuts, clothed with thick furze and heather, living in a state-of complete seclusion, being
habitually addicted to threading the thickest portion of the brushwood, whence it ts not easily driven. In the
spring, at the aeaaoji of pairing and nidiScation, it is more lively and more-frequently visible, rising on
quivering, ivaug »bovc the sops of the fierce, and littering a hurried babbling .song, much after the manner o f
1$ $ ' s a* these fifiiics :jb crccj* the ««tlbers of its. bead into a. crest, and distends'-the throat,
c.vhiik’fi'ii-,;,; ’''iiir-'rtn’MstfiRades jit; ■••ons posed of’ dlifjf '«toflc» ;wwl graiwa feitorwuagled
y.’i”, ! J.j.p ijjsfepi filueti i .5!.- Is in pbMScd in the tliickfest part of a .-at di-Wanc«
liofif li§|||$l|t|§>:!i* !!t% (tgg», («flO(i«A&og to Mci-A.ir!*, are very saswilar to tfeose o f she i>?ci ,-i •:
!iftdlii' m a gWOirth viliiEn
'|%e | | | | p | | i irk finiind iolerpMy ahwwfeuafc m »,11 tl# in •'he iapwdta Is '»hazily
Loadt*», | | o f SSagshnt Ck«teia«j. fa v h a t% w mmm* .m*r<'wl*i>4t ^f,w»dant in iSciowsliare and
CorawaB. I n iw> $#»#*> however, is it tin ftrijtood of Oakiiwrhtuu in
Berkshire, whence specimens hams bijfift sent us by dohat ¡Hka^er* W^ftBejer, Bnc and choice
collection edniahiH / the most beautiful adtijMUpAc ■. On tbt> iaiRUiin-ot it .s more abundant UnvMghout Spain,
Italy, and the South of France, than |f| tn: d/iaoy and1 Holland.
Its food consist» of various' sped«».'# vn*4teij. and their krvse, to which are added, as the season affords,
berries and fruits of various kinds ; at i&H i hey jeecl on such substances in confinement wKtte they become
tame and reconciled.
The head, the back of the neck, and the upper plumage deep g re y ; the under plumage deep reddish
brown* with ii ferruginous tint; throat laoltied with white ! wings„and tail brown, with tlie exception o f .tlie
outer fesfciHiei. oif ftst; niWHar, which have wilfite tips and eHierior edges j bill yellow a t the base, black at thts
tip; legs hi‘i>«a.
i l P y f t S W i W f t |*h;pwge ia daller, the back being dusky brownifii, and. the
throat laetNdjf exhibuiitg iwecs of the «dgwi« Hi 'feathers to conspicuous in the »wife.
.. We kg»c %u«wi-ft-wiule and fernide >af t i>r- ¡:i-»iiaAn‘ idse; i '