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FAMILY SYLVICOLIN.E. 



WOOD WARBLERS. 



GENUS MYIDIOCTES — LATHAM. 



FLYCATCHING WARBLER. 



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[Bill of moderate lengih, broader than high at base, straight, rather stout — s 

 slight notch at tip ; head ovate ; general form slender ; tail rather long, and 

 slightly rounded.] 



MYIODIOCTES MITRATUS— LATHAM. 



HOODED FLYCATCHING WARBLER. 



Muscicapa cucullata, W^ils. Amer. Orn. 



Sylvia mitrata, Bonap. Syn. 



Mitred Sylvan Flycatcher, Nutt. Man. 



Hooded Warbler, Sylvia mitrata, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Male with the fore part and sides of the head 

 yellow ; throat, neck all round, and hind head black. Female 

 with the yellow on the head faintly ' developed, and but a slight 

 trace of the black markings so conspicuous in the male. Adult 

 with the forehead and sides of the body rich yellow ; neck all 

 round, and upper portion of the neck, black ; rest of the lower 

 parts yellow ; upper plumage yellowish-olive ; wings and tail 

 brown, the feathers margined with the same color as the back ; the 

 larger portion of the inner web of the outer tail feather white, de- 

 creasing on the second and third tail feather ; tail emarginate. 

 Female with the yellow markings on the head much fainter ; 

 throat, fore neck, and all the lower parts yellow, with a few 

 touches of dusky on the lower portion of the fore neck ; a few spots 

 of the same color on the hind head ; upper plumage similar to the 

 male. Length of five inches and a half, wing two and five- 

 eighths. 



Naturalists have divided this family [SylvicoUncs] into five gen- 

 era, which classification we find has its opponents, on the score of 



