78 Si/7Wj)sis of the Birds 



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beneath white, breast spotted with black ; crown, sides of 

 the breast, and rump yellow ; wings bifasciate with white, and 

 with the tail, black ; three lateral tail feathers spotted with 

 white. 



Winter plumage brownish-olive ; beneath dirty white; yel- 

 low of the breast and crown obsolete. 



Young, without black or yellow. 



YJlow-rump Warbler, Sylvia coronata, Wils. Am. Orn. ii. 

 p. I38.pl. 17. fig. 4. summer plumage ; and v. p. 121. pi. 45. Jig. 3* 

 winter plumage. 



Inhabits all the United States during summer ; common : 

 passes through Pennsylvania in the spring whilst in full plu- 

 mage, and returns in flocks in the autumn in its humble 

 dress : winters in the southern states : breeds in the north 

 and in the mountains. 



105. Sylvia palmarum, Lath. Brown-olive ; crown rufous ; 

 line over the eye, and all beneath, rich yellow; breast streak- 

 ed ; two lateral tail feathers white on the inner tip. 



Winter plumage considerably duller ; rufous of the crown 

 obsolete ; beneath yellowish-white. 



Palm Warbler, Sylvia palmarum, Nob. Am. Orn.ii.pl. 10. 

 fig. 2. adult male in summer dress, never noticed before. 



Inhabits Florida and the West Indies : common : resident : 

 rare and transitory visitant in the middle and northern states, 

 where it is only observed in early spring. 



106. Sylvia maculosa, Lath. Crown ash ; rump and be- 

 neath rich yellow ; breast spotted with black ; wings bifas- 

 ciate with white, and with the tail, black ; lateral tail feathers 

 white on the middle of their inner vanes. 



Black and Yellow Warbler, Sylvia magnolia, Wils. Am. 

 Orn. in. p. es- pi. 23. fig. 2. adult male. 

 Inhabits all the United States during summer : rare : re- 



