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Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 44, pi. 85. — Ncttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and 

 Canada, 2d ed., i, 1840, 424.— Hoy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., vi, 1858, 81 1 

 (Wisconsin).— Willis, Ann. Rep. Sinithson. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 282 (Nova 

 Scotia). — Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1859, llO(Bahamas). — Brewer, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 807 (Cuba). — Albrecht, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1861, 58 (Bahamas). 



[Siffricola] mariliiiia Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 807. 



Certhinld inarit'nud Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 87; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, 

 pi. 17. 



M\_niot'dta] marlthna Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



Mniotilta maritima Cabot, Naumannia, ii. Heft, iii, 1852, 66 (Lake Superior). 



Rhinmmphui^ maritimns Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 474 (Cuba); 1861, 409 

 (do.). 



DENDROICA CARBONATA (Audubon). 

 CARBONATED WARBLER. 



Apparently resemhling I), tkjrina., l)ut differing in having no cin- 

 namon-rufous on sides of head, no white spots on inner webs of lateral 

 rectrices(?), and in having the greater wing-coverts tipped with yellow 

 instead of edged with whitish. 



'"'Young male. — Bill of ordinary length, nearly straight, subulate- 

 conical, acute, nearly as deep as broad at the base, the edges acute, the 

 gap line slightly deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, lateral, ellip- 

 tical, half -closed ))v a membrane. Head rather small. Neck short. 

 Body slender. Feet of ordinary length, slender; tarsus longer than 

 the middle toe, covered anteriorly by a few scutella, acutely edged 

 behind; toes scutcllate above, the inner free, the hind toe of moderate 

 size; claws slender, compressed, acute, arched. Plumage soft, blended, 

 tufty. Wings of ordinary length, acute, the second quill longest. 

 Tail short, notched. 



"Carbonated Warbler, Sylvia carbonata^ And. Orn. Biog., vol. i, 

 p. 308. 



"Bill brownish-ldack above, light blue beneath. Iris hazel. Feet 

 light flesh-color. Upper part of the head black. Fore part of the 

 back, lesser wing-coverts, and sides dusky, spotted with black. Lower 

 })ack dull yellowish-green, as is the tail, of which the outer web of 

 the outer feather is whitish. Tips of the second row of coverts white, 

 of the first row yellow; quills dusky, their outer w^ebs tinged with 

 yellow. A line from the lore over the eye, sides of the neck, and the 

 throat bright yellow. A dusky line behind the eye. The rest of the 

 under parts dull 3"ellow, excepting the sides. 



"Length, -tf inches; bill along the ridge five-twelfths, along the 

 gap seven-twelfths; tarsus three-fourths."^ 



Kentucky (Henderson, May, 1811). 



This ])ird continues to be known only from Audubon's description 

 and colored plate. 



L\udubon, Birds of America, oct. ed., ii, 1841, 95. 



