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Forehead and vertex, with sides of head and throat, yellow. 
Lateral tail feather entirely yellow, except a dusky streak 
along the shaft towards the end. Inner webs of ail tail 
feathers yellow to the shaft, except the sixth or central. 
Wings pointed. 
First quill nearly the longest, and always exceeding the 4th 
Forehead yellowish ; vertex only brownish-orange, this sometimes 
concealed by greenish tips. Sides of head and throat yel- 
low. Outer web of lateral tail feather (except on the margin) 
dusky. Yellow of inner edge of quills not reaching the 
shaft, except perhaps in pefechia. Wings rounded. 
Second quill longest; Ist longer than the 5th. Larger 
wing covert edged with olivaceous, scarcely more yel- 
low externally; alula brown, not margined. Yellow 
patch on inner web of outer tail feather, not reaching 
the shaft ; the 5th only narrowly edged with yellow 
Third quill longest; Ist shorter than the 5th. The oliva- 
ceous edges of larger wing coverts brightening ex- 
ternally into golden yellow; alula sharply margined 
with yellow. Yellow patch on inner web of lateral 
tail feather reaching the shaft ; inner web of 5th feather 
with marginal half yellow . . . . : . 
Similar to last, but wings shorter. The 3d quill longest ; 
the 1st quill longer than the 4th and 5th. Yellow of 
inner webs of tail feathers not reaching the shaft . 
Entire head, including sides and inferior surface, orange-brown. 
Yellow of inner edge of quills reaching the shaft. Tail 
feathers much as in the last. Wings rather rounded. 
Third quill longest; 1st longer than the 5th; edges of wing 
coverts brightening into golden yellow. Orange brown 
coufined to the head and neck. Wing 2.75 long 
Similar to last, but considerably smaller. Orange brown 
of head extending inferiorly to the jugulum. Wings, 
Zao) . . 5 5 : 5 . 
[PART I. 
aestiva. 
- gundlachit. 
petechia. 
ruficapilla. 
. vieilloti. 
. rufigula. 
In addition to the species just mentioned the Sylvicola aureola 
of Gould, and the S. eoa of Gosse evidently belong to the Golden 
Warblers, although their precise relationships cannot be defined for 
want of specimens.* 
' Dendroica aureoia. 
Sylvicola aureola, Goutp, Voyage Beagle, Birds, 1841, 86, tab. 28. 
“Nape, back, and tail coverts yellowish-olive; wings and tail blackish, 
broadly margined with yellow: front and crown yellow, with the tips of the 
feathers reddish castaneous ; hind head gray, mixed with yellow, the cheeks 
and throat bright yellow; breast of same color, each feather marked down 
