372 INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 



This very rare Warbler has only been seen near t>.e 

 swamps of Cape May, in New Jersey, and near Philadel- 

 phia, about the middle of May, probably as a straggler 

 on its way to some northern breeding-place. Its notes 

 and further history are yet unknown. 



The length of this bird is 5^ inches ; the alar extent 8J. Line 

 from the nostril over the eye, chin, and sides of the neck, rich yel- 

 low ; the feathers round the ear orange. Wings dusky, edged with 

 dark olive yellow. Below bright yellow ; breast and sides under 

 the wings, spotted with black; belly and vent yellowish white. Tail 

 dusky black and forked, edged with yellow olive. The yellow on 

 the throat and sides reaches nearly round it. 



CANADA WARBLER. 



{Sylvia pardalina, Bonap. Muscicapa canadensis, L. Wilson, iii. 

 p. 100. pi. 26. fig. 2. [male.] Phil. Museum, No. 6969.) 



Sp. Charact. — Cinereous-brown; crown ash, spotted with black; 

 beneath and line over the eyes yellow ; breast with a crescent of 

 black spots ; tail immaculate. 



This is a very rare summer species in the Atlantic 

 States, appearing singly, and for a few days only, on 

 their passage north or south in the spring and autumn. 

 They probably breed in Canada or Labrador, and are 

 more abundant in the mountainous interior, the route by 

 which they principally migrate. They winter probably 

 in the tropical regions ; are then silent, and, like the 

 rest of their tribe, very active in darting through the 

 branches after insects. 



This species is only 4^ inches long, and 8 in alar extent. Front 

 black ; line from the nostril to and around the eye yellow ; below the 

 eye a stripe of black, descending along the sides of the throat, which 

 with the breast and belly is bright yellow. A broad rounding band 



