CHARACTERS OF PEUCEDRAMUS OLIVACEUS 233 



The Olive Warbler 



Fenced ram ns olivacens 



Sylvia Ollvacea, <?tr. Sxt. Sp. Tex. B. 1841, 29,pl.7, f.2.— ScJ. PZS. 1855, 66 (commentary). 



Sylvicola olivaeea, Bd. Stansb. Rep. GSL. 185-2, 3-28.— Cass. 111. 1855, 283, pi. 48. 



Rbimamphus oliraceus, Sel. P2fS. 1856, 291 (Mexico). 



Dendroica olivaeea, Bd. BXA. 1858, 305.— Sci. PZS. 18:8, 295 (Cordova) ; 298 (Oaxaca) —Bd. 

 Rev. AB. 1865, 205.— i?. B. d- B. NAB. i. 1874, 258, pi. 14, f. i.—Hemh. Amer. Sportsman, 

 V. Feb. 20, 1875, 328 (first actual introduction to U. S. fauna). 



Dendroeca olivaeea, Sd. PZS. 1859, 363 (Xalapa).— ScL Cat. AB. 1861, "ii.—SaZv. Ibis, 2d ser. 

 ii. 1866, 191 (Guatemala).— Sw7id. Oefv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. iii. 1869, 610.— Oottes, Key, 

 1872, 99. 



Mniotilta olivaeea. Gray, Handlist, i. 1869, 240, n. 3479.— C?te6. Nomencl. Av. 1875, 604. 



Peueedrainus olivaceus, Com«s apudHemh. Zool. Expl. W. 100 Merid. "1875" (== 1876), 

 202 (type of genus). 



Peucedramus olivaeea, Hensh. List B. Ariz. 1875, 156 (Arizona). 



Sylvia tseniata, Dubus, " Bull. Acad. Brux. xiv. 1847, 104 " ; Revue Zoologique, 1848, 245. 



Mniotilta tiPulata, Gray, G. of B. i. 1848, 196. 



Sylvieola tseniata, Bp. C A. i. 1850, 309. 



Olive Warbler, Olive-backed Warbler, Olive-headed Warbler, Orange-breasted War- 

 bler, Authors. 



Hab. — Mexico. North to ''Texas" (Giraud) smd Arizona, (Henshatv). South 

 to Guatemala. 



Ch. sp. — <J Capite et collo aurantio-hrunneis, fascia lata nigra 

 per latera capitis ductd; alis albo hi/asciatiSj speculo albo ad ha- 

 seos primariorum. 



$ : Upper parts ashy, more or less olivaceous, changing to greenish on 

 the nape. Head and neck all around orange-brown or intense safifron-yellow, 

 with a broad black bar on the side of the head through the eyes. Wings 

 blackish, the inner webs of all the quills edged with white, the outer webs 

 of most of the primaries with whitish, and the outer webs of the secondaries 

 with greenish ; most of the primaries also marked with white on the outer 

 webs at base, forming a conspicuous spot (only seen elsewhere in Z). cccrules- 

 cens, which is altogether different in other characters). Tail like the wings, 

 with greenish edging of most of the feathers, the two outer ones on each 

 side mostly or wholly white. Belly and sides whitish, tinged with olive or 

 brownish. Length, about 4f ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2^-2^^ ; bill, i ; tarsus, f . 



The female is described as having the saffron color much clearer yellowish, 

 and shaded with olive-green on the crown ; tho black bar replaced by whit- 

 ish, excepting a dusky patch on the auriculars. The very young bird does 

 not appear to be known. 



THE present is one of the "sixteen species" described and 

 figured as new in 1841 by J. P. Giraud, and by him attrib- 

 uted to Texas. Doubt has been often expressed with reference 

 to the ascribed habitat of these birds, the presumption being 

 that some, if not all, of them actually came from contiguous 

 Mexican territory. But it is well to bear in mind that their 

 describer's declaration of their origin was unwavering to the 

 last, and that his statement is gradually being borne out by the 

 rediscovery of his species within our limits; while the Texan 



