PASSERES — SYLVICOLID.E — VERMIVORA. 87 



THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 



Vermivora celata. 



Sylvia cclata. Say, Long's Expedition, Vol. 1, p. 169. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 88; Am. Orn. Vol. 1, 



p. 45, pi. 5, fig. 2. Audubon, fol. pi. 178; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 449. 

 Orange-crowned Warbler. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 413. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 2, p. 100, pi. 113 (male 

 and female). 



Characteristics. Greenish olive ; beneath olivaceous yellow. Crown with a bay spot. 

 Length, 5i inches. 



Description. Second and third quills longest, subequal. Tail slightly emarginate, of 

 twelve feathers. Colors exceedingly simple. Bill dusky above ; pale greyish blue beneath. 

 Above brownish grey ; beneath dull olive-yellow, becoming more bright on the vent and lower 

 tail-feathers. 



Length, 5'5. Alar extent, 8*0. 



I have not been able to find this species within our limits ; but as it breeds in Maine, and 

 ranges from 24° to 54° north, it undoubtedly belongs here. Eggs 4 — 6, of a pale green 

 color, with small black dots. In the autumn, its bright bay crown can only be seen by sepa- 

 rating the feathers. This species, which appears to be more abundant in the Southern States, 

 was first discovered by the late Mr. Say on the banks of the Missouri. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



V. protonotarius. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 2, pi. 106.) Yellow. Wings, rump and tail-feathers greyish 



blue. Inner webs of the tail-feathers white, except near the tips. Length, 5^ inches. Southern 



and Western Slates. 

 V. bachmani. (Id. lb. pi. 108.) Brownish olive. Forehead, line over eyes, cheeks, side of neck and 



beneath yellow : a black patch on the breast. Female : frontlet olive-green. Length, 4i inches. 

 V. carbonata. (Id. pi. 109.) Dark olive green : beneath yellow. Forehead and crown black ; back 



and sides of the body spotted with black. 

 V. nigrescens. (Id. pi. 114) Bluish grey. Head, eye-stripe and breast black: a small yellow dash 



from above the eye to the nostril. Cheeks, and two bands across the wings, white. Length, 5 



inches. Columbia river. 



