290 U. S. P. BR. R. EXP. AND SURVEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL REPORT. 
List of specimens. 
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Catal. |Sex Locality. When collected. | Whence obtained. | Orig. | Collected by— | Length. | Strevch | Wing. 
No. | No. of wings. 
1098 |Q?| Washington, D C-. --| 1842......--- Soehpbairdes.2-5|a=ec—= JuCeMicGuirese-|s22s+- <4|= se eee—=|Seetees 
2390 |...-| Savannah, Ga_-.... LS45 eee eee] sooo ce don. 2 eels eaeee Jos? ieconte:— =|" .22e22<|_ sos. eS \eeeeee 
Pets) | eel OSes d0sscse eee eae S45 eee eee =| aeseee UDO0seecoo= lee e sal eae Gla Se Ssed) pSScces6 boeecacs|badahs 
3322 | g | Riceboro’, Ga_------ T3a6 eS. Ses esos ce d0ss.sjsccnlseoece W. L. Jones ----| 5.10 8. 30 2. 60 
W00)====lRock port: (Ohios4=.<|-s+s2=>-sse6 o> Dr. J. P.Kirtland.|------ Re keennicottoeee ase sos as] See ae eee 
Union county, Ill.---| May 5..-..--- N. W. University|-=-.=-|==<<-- CS RRA eS ooeco pesecees |) conc 
(@atros Wl ste oe 228 WA prill29)-asee sane DOS Sat Roel Serer memes See teetewerd be eres Jae Sale 
3986 | QO | Tamaulipas, Mex ----| 1845..------- LtiCouchis==.—- Ue che SSossebsecc 4.25 Vai) 2.50 
DENDROICA DISCOLOR, Baird. 
Prairie Warbler. 
Sylvia discolor, Viettor, Ois. Am. Sept. IT, 1807, 37; pl. xeviii.” (No mention of ,hesnut of back.)—Bon. Obs. 
Wils. 1826, No. 157.—Avup. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 76; pl. 14.—Nurrati, Man. I, 1832, 294. 
S lvicola discolor, Janp. ed. Wilson, 1832.—Ricu, List, 1837.—Bonap. List, 1838.—Is. Conspectus, 1850, 309.— 
Avp. Syn. 1839, 62.—Is. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 68; pl. 97.—Gossx, Birds Jam. 1847, 159. 
Rhimamphus discolor, Capanis, Journ. Orn. III, 1855, 474. (Cuba in winter.) 
Sylvia minuta, Witson, Am. Orn. III, 1811, 87; pl. xxv, f. 4. 
Sp. Cu.—Above uniform olive green ; the middle of the back streaked with brownish red. Under parts and sides of the 
head, including a broad superciliary line from the nostrils to a little behind the eye, bright yellow, brightest anteriorly. A well 
defined narrow stripe from the commissure of the mouth through the eye, and another from the same point curving gently 
below it, also a series of streaks on each side of the body, extending from the throat to the flanks, black. Quills and tail feathers 
brown, edged with white ; the terminal half of the inner web of the first and second tail feathers white. 
on the wings. Female similar, but duller. The dorsal streaks indistinct. 
Hab.—Atlantic States, as far north as New York. 
Two yellowish bands 
Length, 4.86; wing, 2.25; tail, 2.10. 
The streaks on the back appear to be in four series. There is a yellow crescent under the 
eye, and below this the black one already mentioned. After a slight interval the stripes on the 
side of the throat begin, in one series on each side; two, however, starting on the breast. The 
yellow superciliary stripe extends to the base of the bill, although those of opposite sides do 
not coalesce. Sometimes there is a black line, bordering the olivaceous of the crown, anteriorly. 
In this species the second, third, and fourth quills are longest; the first rather longer than 
the fifth. The tail is considerably rounded, in fact, almost graduated. The bill is dark brown. 
List of specimens, 
Oatal.| Sex Locality. When col- Whence obtained. | Length.| Stretch | Wings. | Remarks. 
No. lected. of wings.) | 
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6483" |e: Philadelphia... ....se00. cl Seatunaaueee O. Drexler...... 005 buen ae ecg ieee wi |ess.ae ceclebantte cows eh eeseeetteneieneeets 
1051 .| May 30, 1843} Wm. M. Baird........ 
1095 June 12, 1843 
7374 Nive sites ve'vser 
509) «| weie'enre New York,... a] eacccceccccccs 
1091 | ¢ | Philadelphia......:.... .| Spring, 1843.. 
8676 |-.e0ee | Oape Florida.. Sept. 24, 1843 : 
8677 | Q?) Indian Key... seseeees| Sept. 2, 1857 Seep ae SveENS 4 i i 
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