294 SY STELLA TIC SYNOPSIS. — PA SSERES— OSCINES. 



102. H. chrysop'tera. (Gr. xP^o'of) chrusos, golden, and irrepov, pteron, wing.) Blue Golden- 

 winged Warbler. ^, adult: Upper parts slaty-blue, or fine bluish-gray; crown, and large 

 wing-patch formed by confluent wing-bars, rich yellow ; a broad stripe on side of head and 

 patch on chin, throat and fore-breast, black, the eye-stripe bordered above and below with 

 whi^ ; under parts generally, excepting the black breast-plate, white, often tinted M-ith yellow- 

 ish, and shaded on the sides with ashy. Exposed surfaces of wings and tail like upper parts; 

 groat white blotches on three lateral tail-feathers ; bill black ; feet dark. 9 ^^^ immature 

 specimens have the back more or less glossed with yellowish-olive ; the yellow of the crown 

 obscured with greenish; the black eye-stripe and breast-plate veiled with gray tips of the 

 feathers, or not at all evident. Size of H. 2>inus. A beautiful species, common in Eastern 

 United States and Canada ; migratory, breeding anywhere in its United States range ; nest and 

 eggs like those of H. jnnus. 



103. H. bach'mani. (To Kev. John Bachman, of S. C.) Bachmak's Warbler. ^ : Upper 

 parts yellowish-olive, including sides of head and neck, tinged with ashy on the hind head ; 

 forehead and under parts bright yellow ; a band on the vertex separating yellow front ft-om 

 ashy occiput, and the throat and fore breast, black, this breast-plate isolated in yellow sur- 

 roundings. Wings dusky, glossed with the color of the back on all the exposed surface. 

 Two or three outer tail-feathers white-blotched. Small; length 4.50; wing 2.35; tail 2.00. 

 South Atlantic States, extremely rare, only known to occur in South Carolina, Georgia, and 

 Cuba. 



104. H. lu'ciae. (To Miss Lucy Baird, daughter of Prof. S. F. Baird.) Lucy's Warbler. 

 $ 9 > adult : . Clear ashy-gray. Beneath white, with a faint tinge of buflf on the breast. A 

 rich chestnut patch on the crown, and upper tail-coverts of the same color. A white eye-ring. 

 Quills and tail-feathers edged with the color of the back or whitish. Lateral tail-feather with 

 an obscure whitish patch. Lining of vring white. Feet dull leaden-olive. Iris dark brown 

 or black. Length 4.33-4.66; extent 7-00-7.50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 1.75-2.00; tarsus 

 0.66; bill 0.25-0.33. Young: Lack the chestnut of the cro\vn, though that of the rump is 

 present. The throat and breast are milk-white, without the ochrey tinge of the adults ; the 

 wing-coverts are edged with pale nifous. The chestnut upper tail-coverts, and absence of any 

 trace of olivaceous or yellowish coloration, distinguish this interesting species, the general 

 superficial aspect of which is quite like that of a Polioptila. Valley of the Colorado and Gila ; 

 not yet knovm except from Arizona. The exceptional nidification of this species of the genus 

 (Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 493) has been confirmed : nest in crevice behind bark of a tree or bush, 

 such as a wren might select ; eggs 4, not peculiar, being white dotted witli reddish. 



105. H. -virgin'iae. (To Mrs. Virginia Anderson, wife of the discoverer.) Virginia's Warbler. 

 $ , in summer : Ashy-plumbeous, alike on the back, and top and sides of head. Below duU 

 vAiiitish, the sides shaded with ashy. Lining and edge of wings white. Upper and under 

 tail-coverts, and isolated spot on the breast, yellow, in strong contrast with all surroundings. 

 A white ring round eye. Wings and taU ^vithout yellowish edgings. Crown with a chestnut 

 patch, as in H. ruficapilla. Length 4.75; extent 7.50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 2.25. 9,in 

 summer : The yellow duller and slightly tinged with greenish ; that of the breast, and the 

 chestnut of the crown, more restricted. Autumnal specimens resemble the 9 > l*"t in both 

 sexes the plumbeous of the upper parts has a slight olive shade, and in birds of the year the 

 crown-patch may be wanting. Southern Eocky Mt. Eegion ; north to Colorado, Nevada, and 

 Utah at least. Nests on the ground, like others of the genus ; eggs indistinguishable from 

 those of allied species. 



106. H. ruficapilla. (Lat. n</ws, rufous ; capillus, hair.) Nashville Warbler. ^, in sum- 

 mer : Upper parts olive-green or yellowish-olive, clearer and brighter on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts. Top and sides of the head and neck ashy, with a veiled chestnut patch on the 

 crown, and a white ring round tlie eye. No superciliary stripe. Lores pale. Wings and tail 



