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 MYIODIOCTES WILSONII— BONAP. 



WILSON'S FLYCaTCHING WARBLER. 



Green Blackcapiied Flycatcher, Muscicapa pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Svlva W'llsonii, Bonap. Syn. 



Green Blatk-cappeJ Warbler, Niitt. Man. 



Green Black-capped Flycatcher, Muscicapa Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specfic Character— Crown h\?Lck; upper parts green, tinged with 

 yellow; form slender; tail rather long. Adult with the crown 

 glossy, bluish-black, bordered in front and at the sides with yel- 

 low ; occiput yellowish-green, hind neck and back the same; 

 wings and tail plain brown, the feathers edged with greenish ; 

 lower part yellow. Female similar, with less black on the crown. 

 Length four inches and a half, wing two and one quarter. 



In this vicinity the Green Black-capped Flycatcher is rarely seen. 

 In the Southern States it is said to be more abundant ; it prefers 

 low, swampy situations, is an expert flycatcher, and utters a sharp 

 note. 



GENUS SYLVICOL A— S W A I N S O N. 



WOOD WARBLERS. 



[Bill short, broader than hijih at base, straight, rather strong, tapering — nostrils 



oval, partly concealed by feaihers ; head of moderate size, neck short body rather 



sitnder ; wings of moderate length ; tail rather long, emargindie ; tarsi longer 



than the nniddle too ; feet and toes slender, inner toe free ; claws arched, acute.] 



SYLVICOLA PINUS— LATHAM. 



PINE-OREEPLNG WOOD WARBLER. 



Sylvia pinus, Wils. Atner. Orn. 



Sylvia pinus, Bonnp Syn. 



Pine Warbler, Svlvia pinus, Niilt. Man. 



Pine Creeping Warbler, Silvia pinus, Aud. Orn. Biog 



Specific Character — Second and third quills equal ; fourth slightly 

 longer than the first ; tail emarginate. Adult male with the up- 

 per parts bright olive ; wings and tail feathers brown ; secondary 

 coverts and first row of small coverts tipped with dull white — a 

 similar patch on the inner webs of the outer two tail-feathers ; lovv^er 

 parts yellowish-green. Female, with the upper parts dull olivaceous 

 brown ; throat, fore neck, and fore part of the breast, pale yellowish 

 green — rest of the lower parts dull white, faintly tinged with yellow. 

 Length five inches and a quarter, wing two and seven-eighths. 



