82 Synopsis of the Birds 



Resembles Certhia in habits. Misled by Edwards, authors 

 have confounded it with Sylvia solitaria, Wils. from which 

 their description is taken. 



118. Sylvia parus, Wils. Black, with a few yellow-olive 

 streaks ; head above yellow, dotted with black ; line over the 

 eye, sides of the neck, and breast yellow ; belly paler, streak- 

 ed with dusky ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail 

 black ; three lateral tail feathers white on their inner vanes. 



Hemlock Warbler ■, Sylvia parus, Wils. Am. Orn. v. p. 114. 

 pi. 44. Jig. 3. male. 



Inhabits the great pine swamps of Pennsylvania during 

 summer : rare. 



119. Sylvia tigrina, Lath. Yellow-olive ; front, cheeks, chin, 

 and sides of the neck, yellow ; breast and belly pale yellow, 

 streaked with dusky ; wings bifasciate with white, and with 

 the rounded tail black ; two lateral tail feathers white on 

 the inner vane from the middle. 



Blue mountain Warbler, Sylvia montana, Wils. Am. Orn. 

 v. p. H3.pl. A\.Jig. 2. male. 



Inhabits the United States during summer : rare. 



120. Sylvia rara, Wils. Verditer-green ; lores, line over 

 the eye, and all beneath pale cream colour ; wings bi- 

 fasciate with white, and with the emarginated tail, brownish- 

 black ; three lateral tail feathers with white on the outer 

 vanes. 



Blue-green Warbler, Sylvia rara, Wils. Am. Orn. Hi. 



p. 119. pi- 27. Jig. 2. 



Inhabits in April on the banks of Cumberland River : 

 very rare. 



121. Sylvia discolor, Vieill. Olive; beneath yellow; spot- 

 ted with black ; wings bifasciate with yellow, and, with the 

 tail, brownish-black ; three lateral tail feathers broadly spot- 

 ted with w'hite. 



Male, a black crescent under the eye. 



