Species XVI. SYLVIA CORONATA. 



YELLOW-RUMP WARBLER. 



[Plate XVII. Fig. 4.] 



Motacilla maculosa,* GiiT.L. Sysi. i., p. 984. — MotaciUa coronaia, Linn. Sysi.i., p. 

 332, No. 31. — Le Jiguier d tite cendr^e,* Buff, v., p. 291. — Le Figuier coiironni 

 d'or, Id. v., p. 3i2. — Yellow-rump Flycatcher* Edw. t. 255. — Golden-crowned 

 Flycatcher, Id. t. 2'i?,.— Yellow-rximp Warbler,* Arct. Zool. ii., No. 2^%.— Golden- 

 crowned Warbler, Id. ii., No. 294. — Lath. Syn. iv., p. 481, No. 104. Id. Supp. p. 

 182. Id. Syn. iv. p. 486, No. 11. — Turton, p. 599. Id. 606. — Parus cedrus uropy- 

 giojlavo, the Yellow Rump, Bartram, p. 292. — Parus aurio vertice, the Golden- 

 crown Flycatcher, Id. 292.t 



In this beautiful little species we have another instance of the mis- 

 takes occasioned by the change of color to which many of our birds are 

 subject. In the present case this change is both progressive and 

 periodical. The young birds of the first season are of a brown olive 

 above, which continues until the month of February and March ; about 

 which time it gradually changes into a fine slate color, as in the figure 

 on the plate. About the middle of April this change is completed. 

 I have shot them in all their gradations of change. While in their 



* These synonymes are incorrect, they should, according to Prince Musignano, 

 be quoted under Sylvia magnolia, see species 19. 



t As many nominal species have been made of this bird, we shall quote the fol- 

 lowing additional synonymes from Prince Musignano's Obs. — MotaciUa coronata, 

 Linn. Gmel. adult in summer dress. — MotaciUa canadensis, sp. 27, Lixn. adult in 

 summer dress, unnatural by a band on the breast. — MotaciUa umbria, Gmel. 

 autumnal. — MotaciUa cincta, Gmei,. adult in summer dress, with the above-men- 

 tioned band. — MotaciUa pinguis, Gmel. autumnal. — Sylvia coronata. Lath, adult 

 in summer dress. Vieill. pi. 78, adult male in summer plumage, pi. 79, young. — 

 Sylvia umbria, Lath, autumnal. — Sylvia cincta, Lath, adult in summer dress, devi- 

 ating from nature by having the band on the breast; an error which probably origi- 

 nated in Brisson's JBgure. — Sylvia pinguis, Lath, autumnal. — Ficedula pensylvo 

 nica cinerea na:via, Briss. adult in summer plumage. — Ficedula canadensis cinerea, 

 Briss. with the false band. — Fanvette tachet^e de la Lonisiane, Buff. PI. Enl. 709, 

 fig. 1, autumnal. — Figuirr du Mississippi, Buff. PI- Enl. 731, f. 2, young autumnal ; 

 errnncou.>*Iy quoted by Gmelin and Latham under <S. icterocephala. — Parus cedrua 

 uropygio flavn, Bartram, autumnal. — Parus aureo vertice, Bartram, summer dress. 

 — Parus virginianus, Linn. Gmel. Lath. Briss. autumnal. — Sylvia Jlavopygia, 

 Vieill. autumnal. — Sylvia xanthoroa, A'ieill. Xouv. Vict, autumnal. 



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