Species XII. SYLVIA CURTSOPTERA. 



GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLEK. 



[Plate XV. Fig. 5.] 



Edw. 299. — Lejii/uier aux ailes dories. Buff, v., 311. — L.ixn. ii., 492. — Arct. Zool. 

 403, No. 295. lb. No. 2%.—Motacilla chrijsoptera, Turt. Syst. i., b^l.—Mota- 

 cilia flavifrona, Yellow-fronted Warbler, Id. 601. — Parus alts aureis, Bartrah, 

 p. 292.* 



This is another spring passenger through the United States to the 

 north. This bird, as well as fig. 4, from the particular form of its bill, 

 ought rather to be separated from the Warblers ; or, along with several 

 others of the same kind, might be arranged as a sub-genus, or particular 

 family of that tribe, which might with propriety be called Worm-eaters, 

 the Motacilla vermivora of Turton having the bill exactly of this form. 

 The habits of these birds partake a good deal of those of the Titmouse ; 

 and in their language and action they very much resemble them. All 

 that can be said of this species is, that it appears in Pennsylvania for a 

 few days, about the last of April or beginning of May, darting actively 

 among the young leaves and opening buds, and is rather a scarce species. 



The Golden-winged Warbler is five inches long, and seven broad ; the 

 crown golden yellow ; the first and second row of wing coverts of the 

 same rich yellow ; the rest of the upper parts a deep ash, or dark slate 

 color ; tail slightly forked, and, as well as the wings, edged with whitish ; 

 a black band passes through the eye, and is separated from the yellow 

 of the crown by a fine line of white ; chin and throat black, between 

 which and that passing through the eye runs a strip of white, as in the 

 figure ; belly and vent white ; bill black, gradually tapering to a sharp 

 point ; legs dark ash ; irides hazel. 



Pennant has described this .species twice, first as the Golden-winged 

 Warbler, and immediately after as the Yellow-fronted Warbler. See 

 the synonymes at the beginning of this article. 



* Molacilla chrysoptera, Linn. Syst. i., p. 333. — Gmel. Syst.i., p. 971. — Motacilla 

 flavifrons, Gmel. Syst. i., p. 97&.— Sylvia chry.soptera. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii., p. 541. 

 — ViEiLL. Ois. de I'Ain. Sept. pi. 97. — Syloia flavifrons, Lath. Ind. Orn. ii., p. 527. 



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