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per parts olive-green ; line over the eye, curving behind it and 

 whole lower parts rich yellow ; upper part of head black, towards 

 the hind part spotted Avith light ash ; lores and a spot curving down 

 the neck also black ; tail nearly even at the end, and of a rich olive 

 green ; legs pale flesh color. Female with the greater part of the 

 crown yellow, and black under the eye wanting. Length five inch- 

 es and a half, wing two and six-eighths. 



The discovery of this species is due to Wilson, who first met with 

 it in the State of Kentucky ; he also found it numerous in the State 

 of Tennessee, and met with it in all the intermediate districts be- 

 tween Nashville and New Orleans. It frequents low, damp woods, 

 and builds its nest in the middle of a thick tuft of rank grass, some- 

 times on the ground. The materials are loose, dry grass, mixed 

 with the light pith of weeds, and lined with hair. The female lays 

 four, and sometimes six eggs — pure white sprinkled with specks of 

 reddish, on which she was observed by Wilson sitting in the early 

 part of May. 



In the State of Maryland, during spring, the Kentucky Warbler 

 is also common. In Anne Arundel County, Mr. Bell procured up- 

 wards of fifty specimens in the course of a few days' shooting. In 

 the State of New York it is rarely seen, A few have been shot in 

 Rockland County, and at Hoboken, N. J. The specimen in 

 my possession was shot in the woods at Raynor South, — 

 and a few others have been procured in the same section. On no 

 other part of the Island have I observed it, and I consider it with- 

 us a very scarce species. 



In plumage, it is not unlike the Maryland Yellow-throat — and 

 like that species prefers the low bushes; its note is rather loud, clear 

 and distinct. Its habits are those of a Warbler, and in point of 

 Genera it is more closely allied to Sylvia than Muscicapa. 



