THE NASHVILLE WARBLER. 21S 
species in autumn, and all the specimens that I have met 
with were males. It rears its young in the more northern 
regions probably; and winters beyond the southern limits 
of the Union, in the West Indies, Central America, and 
even as far south as Bogota, S.A. This Warbler is not 
given in any of the lists of the birds of Maine or Vermont 
that I have seen ; but, as it occurs in such small numbers, it 
may have been overlooked, or perhaps is now becoming a 
regular visitor, during the spring migrations, in New Eng- 
_land.” — Letter from Henry A. Purdie. 
HELMINTHOPHAGA RUFICAPILLA. — Baird. 
The Nashville Warbler. 
Sylvia ruficapilla, Wilson. Am. Orn., III. (1811) 120. Aud. Orn. Biog., 1. 
(1832) 450. 
Sylvia rubricapilla, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 15. 
Sylvia (Dacnis) rubricapilla, Nuttall. Man., I. (1882) 412. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Head and neck above and on sides ash-gray, the crown with a patch of con- 
cealed dark brownish-orange hidden by ashy tips to the feathers; upper parts 
olive-green, brightest on the rump; under parts generally, with the edge of the 
wing deep yellow; the anal region paler; the sides tinged with olive; a broad yel- 
lowish-white ring round the eye; the lores yellowish; no superciliary stripe; the 
inner edges of the tail feathers margined with dull-white. Female similar, but 
duller; the under parts paler; but little trace of the red of the crown. 
The bill is very acute; the wings long and pointed; the tail emarginate, not 
rounded. 
In autumn, the entire upper parts are olive-green, tinged with yellowish on the 
rump, sometimes with brownish on the head; the patch on the crown more or less 
concealed; the female has the white on the middle of the belly more extended. 
Length, four and sixty-five one-hundredths inches; wing, two and forty-two 
one-hundredths inches; tail, two and five one-hundredths inches. 
This species is quite common in the spring migrations, 
arriving about the first week in May; but few breed in the 
southern districts of New England. Like some other spe- 
cies, it has grown much more abundant than it was a few 
years since, and is now quite common in localities where it’ 
was once a stranger. Its habits are like those of the other 
Warblers, eminently active and industrious: it seems always 
