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is a male, shot in tlio iiiontli of July, ami possibly not adult; as it is 

 the only one brouglit by Major Long's party, we cannot (lotcrniino tlio 

 extent or nature of the variations the species may undergo from age, 

 sex, or season. 



Tlie note of this bird is peculiar, resembling the harsh voice of tlie 

 Terns. It inhabits tlie sterile country bordering on the river Arkansas, 

 in the neighborhood of the Rocky Mountains, where it is frequently 

 observed hopping on the ground, or flitting among the branches and 

 weather-beaten, half-reclining trunks of a species of Juniper ; wlien it 

 flies among the crooked limbs of this tree it sjjreads its tail considerably, 

 but was never seen to climb. They were generally observed in small 

 associations of five or six individuals, perhaps composing single families. 



SYLVIA cimysorTEh'A. 

 FEMALE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER.* 



[Plate I. Fig. 8.] 



Molacilla chrijsoptcra, LiNN. Syst. i., p. 333, Sp. 20. Omei,. Si/st. i., p. 971, Sp. 20, 

 Male. — Sylvia chrysopttra, Lath. Ind. p. 541, Sp. 123. Vieill. Ois. de I'Am. 

 Sept. II., p. 37, pi. 97, Male. — Molaiilla Jlavifrona, Gmel. Sysl. i., p. 976, Sp. 120, 

 Male. — Sylvia JtariJ'rous, Lath. Ind. p. 527, Sp. 09, Male. — Ficeduta Pensylvanica 

 cinerea ijittlnre niijro, Brisson, Av. Suppl. p. 109, Sp. 80, Male. — Fiijiiirr aux 

 ailes dories, Buff. Ois. v., p. 311, Mule. — Guldi'ii-wiiir/ed Flyca/cher, Kdharos, 

 Glean, ii., 189, pi. 299, J<la.\o.— Gold-ivi,iiied Warldcr, Penn. Arct. Zmd. Sp. 295. 

 Lath. Syn. ii., Part ii., p. 492, Sp. 118, Male. — YdUno-fionted Warhhr, Vv.iiti. 

 Arct. Zool. Sp. 296. Lath. Syn. ii., Part ii., p. 401, Sp. 07, Male. — Parus alis 

 aureis, the Golden-winged Flycatcher, Bartram, Trav. p. 292, Male. 



The female of this pretty little Warbler, hitherto unknown to any 

 naturalist, is now figured and described for the first time. For the 

 opportunity of presenting it to the reader, we are indebted to Mr. 

 Titian Peale, who shot it on the twenty-fourth of May, near Camden, 

 New Jersey ; and, with his usual kindness, and zeal for Natural History, 

 communicated it to us for this work. 



This little Warbler diff'ers so materially from its mate, as to require a 

 distinct figure and description, in order to be recognised ; yet we can- 

 not fail to perceive a kind of family resemblance between the sexes ; 

 and, by comparing the two descriptions and accompanying figures, our 

 readers will agree with us that they arc but one and the same species, 

 in a different garniture of plumage. The distribution of markings is 



* See Wilson's American Ornithology, ii., p. 182, pi. 15, fig. 5, for the Male. 



