BIRDS — SYLVICOLIDAE — DENDROICA CARBONATA. 



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The female in spring differs somewhat from the male in having the upper parts dusky, tinged 

 more or less in different individuals with greenish yellow. Eump decided greenish yellow. 

 Head spotted with hlack. The yellow line from the nostrils over the eye, and the yellow on the 

 sides of neck and hreast faintly indicated. In some individuals the whole lower parts are dirty 

 white, tinged with yellowish on the breast. In others, the throat and hreast are more strongly 

 marked with yellowish stripes heneath, as in the male, hut fainter. The yellowish red of ear 

 coverts wanting, that part being dirty ashy brown. In two specimens the white on the wings 

 is not at all conspicuous, in another more so. The white spots on the tail are less distinct than in 

 the male. 



Male in autumn, (747.) Tail feathers pointed. Tail emarginate, outer feather slightly shorter 

 than the next. Third quill longest, second scarcely shorter, first longer than fourth. It resembles 

 the spring male in the distribution of its coloring, but is duller, and with some colors wanting, 

 in fact, more like the female. Like the female as to the back, head, yellow from nostril over 

 eye and sides of head and throat ; yellowish red of ear coverts wanting, that part being yellowish 

 spotted with light dusky. Lower parts strongly yellow, streaked with brown. Abdomen and 

 tail coverts paler. The white on wing coverts rather duller than in spring. Outer edge of the 

 ends of the primaries margined with whitish. Under part of the base of lower mandible light 

 yellowish brown, (747.) 



The Ilotacilla tigrina, of Gmelin, and Sylvia iigrina, of Latham, are, without doubt, the 

 same as Sylvia maritima, of Wilson. The 8. tigrina, of Vieillot, appears to be the same as S. 

 montana, of Wilson, agreeing in the two white wing bands, (not one,) and other characters. 



List of specimens. 



DENDROICA CAEBONATA. 



Sylvia carbonala, Aud. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 308 ; pi. Ix.— Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 405. 



Syhicola carbonala, Rich. List, 1837. 



Vermivora carbonala, Bonap. List, 1838. 



Htlinaia carbonala, AcD. Syn. 1839, 68.— Ib. Birds Amer. 11,1841, 95; pi. cix. 



"Bill brownish black above, light blue beneath. Iris liazel. Feet light flesh color. Upper part of tlie head black. Pore 

 part of llie back, lesser wing coverts and sides dusky, spotted with black. Lower back dull yellowisli green, as is the 

 tail, of which the outer web of the outer feather is whitish. Tip of the second row of coverts white, of the first row yellow ; 

 quills dusky, their outer webs 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 yellow, excepting the sides. Length, 4.75 inches ; 

 bill above, 4.42; tarsus, .75." (Audubon.) 



Hab . — Kentucky . 



Judging from the description, this species is closely related to D. tigrina, but seems to be 

 distinct in the pure black of the top of the head, the absence of orange brown on the cheeks, 

 the white of the wing being on the middle coverts instead of the greater, and the tail feathers 



