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aa. Tail not shorter than wing; its feathers not half concealed by coverts. 

 (Geothlypis.) 



990. G. trichas (L.). MARYLAND YELLOW THROAT. Olive 



green ; forehead and broad mask extending down sides of head and 

 neck jet black, bordered behind with clear ash; under parts yellow, 

 clear on throat and breast ; 9 obscurely marked, without black 

 mask and with less yellow. L. 4. W. 2J. T. 2. U. S., abun- 

 dant in thickets ; a pretty bird with a lively song. Replaced W., 

 by var. occidentalis Brewster, larger and brighter, the belly clear 

 yellow instead of buffy whitish. Rocky Mts., E. to Ga. and 111. 

 ar, some small bird.) 



516. ICTBRIA Vieillot. (utrepos, yellowness, as jaundice.) 



991. I. virens (L.). YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Olive green; 

 throat and breast bright yeUow ; belly abruptly white ; lores black ; 

 a white superciliary line ; wings and tail plain ; tarsus almost 

 booted. L. 7J. W. 3. T. 3. U. S., southerly, N. to Mass. 

 and Wis. ; a loud, quaint songster. 



517. SYLVANIA Nuttall. (Lat., sylvan.) 

 a. Tail feathers blotched with white; no wing bars. 



992. S. mitrata (Gmelin), HOODED WARBLER. Bright yellow 

 olive; breast, crown, and neck all around jet black, enclosing a 

 broad golden mask ; under parts from the breast bright yellow ; 9 

 olive instead of black. L. 5. W. 2|. T. 2J. E. U. S., southerly, 

 N. to L. Erie ; a singular and beautiful species. (Lat., mitred.) 

 aa. Tail feathers plain dusky; no wing bars. 



993. S. pusilla (Wilson). GREEN BLACK-CAPPED WARBLER. 

 Clear yellow olive ; crown glossy black ; forehead, lores, sides of 

 head and entire under parts bright yellow; 9 with less black. L. 

 4|. W. 2. T. 2J. U. S. (Lat., weak.) 



994. S. canadensis (L.). CANADA WARBLER. Bluish ash; 

 crown streaked with black ; under parts clear yellow ; crissum white ; 

 lores black, continuous with black under the eye ; this passing as a 

 chain of black streaks down the side of the neck encircling the 

 breast like a necklace ; a yellow superciliary streak ; 9 similar, with 

 less black. L. 5. W. 2f. T. 2. E. U. S., to the Missouri, 

 frequent; one of the handsomest Warblers. 



518. SETOPHAGA Swainson. (ays, moth ; <ayo?, eating.) 



995. S. ruticilla (L.). AMERICAN REDSTART. Black; sides 

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

 white, reddish tinged ; no wing bars ; 9 olive, marked with creamy 

 yellow instead of red. L. 5. W. 2J. T. 2. E. N. Am., very 

 abundant ; a handsome and active fly-catcher. 



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