PASSERES — SYVICOLID.E — VERM1V0RA. 



THE TENNESSEE WARBLER. 



Vermivora peregrina. 



PLATE XL VII. PIG. 105 (Female). 

 (STATE COLLECTION.) 



Sylvia peregrina. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 3, p. 97, pi. 25, fig. 2 (male). Bonapakte, Ann. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 87. 



Nottall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 412. Audubon, folio, pi. 154 (male) ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, 



p. 412. 

 S. (Vermivora) peregrina. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol.2, p. 221, pi. 42 (male). 

 Helinaiaid. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol.2, p. 96, pi. 110 (male). 



Characteristics. Yellowish ; bluish on the head ; line over the eye pale yellow. Bill very 

 short. Beneath whitish. Wings without bands. Female : Chin, throat 

 and line over the eye cream-color. Length, 4£ inches. 



Description. Bill straight and notched near the tip. The three first quills subequal ; the 

 second slightly longest. Tail slightly emarginate, even, 1 ■ 8 longer than the wings, and its 

 feathers acuminate. 



Color. Female : Summit of the head ashy blue, blending on the back of the neck into 

 the olive of the back. Interscapulars and upper tail-coverts rich yellow olive. Outer webs 

 of the first six quills soiled white ; the remainder and secondaries margined with green. 

 Frontlet and line over the eye cream-white. Eye-stripe slate colored. Chin and upper part 

 of the throat buff. All beneath dusky white, slightly tinged with yellow. 



Length, 4*7. Alar extent, 8"0. 



This is a rare species in this State, and indeed is rare everywhere. It ranges between 23° 

 and 55° north. The female has not, until now, been described or figured. The specimen 

 which afforded the above description was shot in Putnam county, September 5, which must 

 be near the time of its southern migration. The history of its migration and breeding is yet 

 unknown. 



