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f RICHAS PHILADELPHIA— WILSON. 



MOURNING GROUND WARBLER. 



Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Wiis. Amer Orn. 

 Sylvia Philadelphia, Bonap. Syn. 

 Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Nult. Man. 

 Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill strong, rather broad at base ; upper 

 mandible black ; lower horn-color; wings of moderate length; 

 second quill longest ; third shorter than the first ; tail rather long, 

 rounded; upper plumage olive green. Adult with the head, hind 

 part and sides of the neck bluish-gray ; the fore neck and fore part 

 of the breast deep black, with transverse white lines ; loral band 

 black ; margins of eyelids dusky gray, the lower parts bright yel- 

 low, upper parts olive green. Female with the sides of the neck 

 and a band across the breast ash-gray ; throat yellowish-white ; 

 upper and lower parts duller than the male. Young with the en- 

 tire upper parts plain dull greenish-brown ; lower parts lighter 

 brown ; abdomen and lower tail coverts dull yellow. Length five 

 inches, wing two and three-eighths. 



This species was first described by Wilson, from a male speci- 

 men which he shot in the early part of June, on the borders of a 

 marsh, within a few miles of Philadelphia, the only specimen that 

 he ever met with ; according to Mr. Audubon, it ranges from Tex- 

 as northward to Nova Scotia, and throughout the interior to the 

 Columbia River. The specimen in my possession was shot by S. 

 F. Baird, in Cumberland County, Pa. ; and a few years since, a 

 specimen was obtained by Mr. Bell on Long Island, the only one 

 which I have known to have been procured here. 

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