﻿Description 
  of 
  a 
  neiv 
  Species 
  of 
  Sylvicola 
  By 
  S, 
  F. 
  Baird. 
  

   Read 
  January 
  12th, 
  1852. 
  

  

  SYLiVICOLA 
  KIRTLANDII, 
  feaird. 
  3" 
  . 
  

  

  Plate 
  VL 
  

  

  Above 
  ashy 
  blue 
  and 
  gray, 
  streaked 
  with 
  black, 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  

   coronata. 
  No 
  yelJow 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  or 
  rump. 
  Beneath 
  yel- 
  

   low, 
  streaked 
  with 
  black 
  across 
  the 
  breast 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  

   Lores 
  black 
  ; 
  eyelids 
  white. 
  5^, 
  8|, 
  2f^. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  to 
  which 
  this 
  approaches 
  most 
  closely 
  is 
  the 
  

   S. 
  coronata, 
  which 
  it 
  resembles 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  the 
  coloration 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  parts. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  without 
  the 
  conspicuous 
  

   yellow 
  rump 
  and 
  crown, 
  and 
  is 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  yellow 
  

   beneath. 
  It 
  has 
  not 
  the 
  yellowish 
  olive 
  of 
  the 
  supposed 
  S. 
  

   parus, 
  Wils 
  ; 
  nor 
  the 
  yellow 
  frontlet 
  of 
  Myiodioctes 
  bonapar- 
  

   tii, 
  Aud. 
  

  

  The 
  single 
  specimen 
  procured 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  matured, 
  

   although 
  dissection 
  showed 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  male. 
  The 
  dull 
  winter 
  

   brown 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  parts 
  is 
  giving 
  way 
  to 
  an 
  ash 
  gray, 
  most 
  

   distinct 
  on 
  the 
  crown. 
  The 
  central 
  lineation 
  of 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  

   feathers 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  extensive 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  coronata. 
  

   Hinder 
  back 
  and 
  rump 
  uniform 
  dull 
  ash, 
  probably 
  to 
  be 
  re- 
  

   placed 
  by 
  the 
  brighter 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  crown. 
  Beneath 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   the 
  black 
  spots 
  across 
  the 
  breasts 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  are 
  sparse 
  and 
  small. 
  Lower 
  tail 
  coverts 
  yellowish 
  

   white. 
  A 
  narrow 
  frontlet 
  and 
  the 
  lores 
  black, 
  this 
  color 
  

   strongly 
  tinging 
  the 
  cheeks. 
  Eyelids 
  white, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  

   small 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  posterior 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  orbit. 
  Bill 
  and 
  feet 
  

   considerably 
  larger 
  and 
  stouter 
  than 
  in 
  S. 
  coronata. 
  Primary 
  

   and 
  secondary 
  wing 
  coverts 
  marginated 
  and 
  tipped 
  with 
  in- 
  

   conspicuous 
  dull 
  white. 
  Two 
  outer 
  tail 
  feathers 
  spotted 
  on 
  

  

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  1852. 
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