160 Description of a New Species of Sylvicola'. 



length of aperture, 0.42 inch (11 mill.) ; breadth of aperture, 

 0.35 inch (9 mill.). 

 Habitat. — Alabama. 



XXV. — Description of a New Species of Bird of the Genus 

 Sylvicola Swain son. 



By Jonx Gundlacu, M.D., of Havana, Cuba. 

 Read October 22, 1855. 



Sylvicola pityophila. 



The Cuban Pine Wood Warbler. 



Adult Male. — The forehead and crown 3'ellowish olive, the 

 base of each feather dull ; neck and upper parts cinereous ; lores 

 dusky, with an olivaceous tint ; throat lemon yellow, with a black 

 edge ; abdomen and under tail-coverts cinereous white ; sides 

 cinereous ; wing feathers blackish with cinereous edges, second 

 quill the longest; wing-coverts black with whitish edges and 

 tips, larger on the secondaries, forming a band, but not very con- 

 spicuous ; tail blackish with cinereous edges ; the two outer 

 feathers with a large white spot inwardly ; bill brown color, 

 the culrnen and tips darker; feet brownish-black above and 

 yellow beneath ; irides dark hazel. 



The female is similar, but wants the black edge on the throat, 

 and the colors are more dusky. 



Length of the male 5" 6'"; extent 8" ; tail 2" Ik'" ; Spanish 

 measure. 



The female is 5" 4£"' in length ; extent 7" 10'" ; tail 1" 10'". 



Habitat. Cuba. 



It seems that this species belongs exclusively to the island of 

 Cuba, where it breeds in the pine-woods of the Western, and 

 probably also the Eastern part. 



