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black; L. 5; W. 2f ; T. 2. E. U. S., southerly; N. to 

 L. Erie; a singular species. 



2. M. pusillus, (Wils.) Bonap. GREEN BLACK-CAPPED 

 FLY-CATCHING WARBLER. Clear yellow-olive; crown 

 glossy black; forehead, lores, sides of head and entire 

 under parts bright yellow; wings and tail unblotched; $ 

 with less black; L, 4f ; W. 2; T. 2^. U. S.; abundant. 



3. M. canadensis, (L.) And. CANADA FLY - CATCHING 

 WARBLER. Bluish ash; crown speckled with black; 

 under parts (except white crissum) clear yellow; lores 

 black, continuous with black under the eye, and this 

 passing as a chain of black streaks down the side of the 

 .neck and encircling the breast like a necklace; wings 

 and tail plain; $ similar, with less black; L. 5^; W. 2f ; 

 T. 2$. E. U. S., to the Missouri, frequent. One of the 

 handsomest Warblers. 



13. SETOPHAGA, Swainson. AMERICAN REDSTARTS. 



1. 5. ruticiila, (L.) Sw. REDSTART. Black; sides of 

 breast and large blotches on wings and tail orange-red; 

 belly white, reddish tinged; $&amp;gt; olive, similarly marked 

 with reddish yellow; L. 5i; W. 2; T. 2. E. U. S., 

 very abundant. A handsome and active Fly-Catcher. 



FAMILY XXVIII. TAN AGRID^E. 



(The Tanagers.) 



Primaries 9; bill usually conical, sometimes depressed 

 or attenuated, the culmen curved; cutting edges not 

 much inflected, sometimes toothed, notched or serrated; 

 tarsus scutellate. Legs short; claws long; colors usually 

 brilliant. A large family of three hundred or more 

 species, confined to the warmer parts of America, and 

 embracing a wide diversity of forms. Some have slender 

 bills and are scarcely distinguishable from the Warblers. 



