194 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 



Forehead and vertex, with sides of head and tliroat, yellow. 

 Lateral tail leather entirely yellow, except a dusky streak 

 along the shaft towards tlie end. Inner webs of all tail 

 feathers yellow to the shaft, except the sixth or central. 

 Wings pointed. 



First quill nearly the longest, and always exceeding the 4th astiva. 

 Forehead yellowish ; vertex only brownish-orange, this sometimes 

 concealed by greenish tips. Sides of head and throat yel- 

 low. Outer web of lateral tail feather (except on the margin) 

 dusky. Yellow of inner edge of quills not reaching the 

 shaft, except perhaps in petechia. Wings rounded. 



Second quill longest ; 1st longer than the 5th. Larger 

 wing covert edged with olivaceous, scarcely more yel- 

 low externally; alula brown, not margined. Yellow 

 patch on inner web of outer tail feather, not reaching 

 the shaft ; the 5th only narrowly edged with yellow . gundlachii. 

 Third quill longest; 1st shorter than the 5th. The oliva- 

 ceous edges of larger wing coverts brightening ex- 

 ternally into golden yellow ; alula sharply margined 

 with yellow. Yellow patch on inner web of lateral 

 tail feather reaching the shaft ; inner web of 5th feather 

 with marginal half yellow ...... petechia. 



Similar to last, but wings shorter. The 3d quill longest ; 



the 1st quill longer than the 4th and 5th. Y'ellow of 



iuner webs of tail feathers not reaching the shaft . rujic.apilla. 



Entire head, including sides and inferior surface, orange-brown. 



Yellow of inner edge of quills reaching the shaft. Tail 



feathers much as in the last. Wings rather rounded. 



Third quill longest ; 1st longer than the 5th ; edges of wing 

 coverts brightening into golden yellow. Orange brown 

 confined to the head and neck. Wing 2.75 long . vieiUotl. 

 Similar to last, but considerably smaller. Orange brown 

 of head extending interiorly to the jugulum. Wings, 

 2.25 rvfigula. 



In addition to the species just mentioned the Si/lvicola aureola 

 of Gould, and the S. eoa of Gosse evidently belong to the Golden 

 Warblers, although their precise relationships cannot be delined for 

 want of specimens.* 



' Dcndroica aureola. 



Si/lcicola aureola, Godi,d, Voyage Beagle, Birds, 1S41, '$•&, tab. 28. 



" Nape, back, and tail coverts yellowish-olive ; wings and tail blackish, 

 broadly margined with yellow ; front and crown yellow, with the tips of the 

 feathers reddish castaneous ; hind head gray, mixed with yellow, the cheeks 

 and throat bright yellow ; breast of same color, each feather marked down 



