290 



NOKTII AMKIMCAN IJIllDS. 



(;kn(.s OPORORNIS, IVmki). 



Ojyyrnrnin, B.\ii:n, IWnls X. Am. 18r»8, 24tJ. (TyiM-, Sijlvin mjilh, Wils.) 



Gkx. C'liAK. IJiU sylvicoliiu'. rather compress«Ml ; distinctly notolu-d at tip: rictal bristles 



vt-ry lUMch i«m1uci'«1. Wind's ilonpati'ti. i^Mut- 

 t'd, niiicli l()n;j:er than tht* tail; the lirst (inill 

 nearly or fjiiite the hjnj;est. Tail very sliLflitly 

 roiuule*! ; tail-leatln-rs acuminate, p(»inte(l ; 

 the imder coverti* reaching to within less than 

 half an inch of their tip. Tarsi elun«,'ati*(i, 

 longer than the head; claws large, the hinder 

 one as long as its digit, and longer than the 

 lateral toes. Above olive-green ; l)en«'ath 

 yellow ; tail and wings ininiacidate. L«'gs 

 yellow. 



Opuromis formoxua. 



This grouj) of xVniericaii Warblers is very distinct from any other. Tlie 

 typicjil species is quite siniihir in color to Giothhjpis jfhilacfc/jf/u'a, but is at 

 once to be distiuLrui.shed by miicli h)nger winj;s, more even tail, and larger 

 toes and claws. It is also very similar to S4'iuri(s, ditlering chiefly in the 

 longer wings, larger claws, and absence of spots beneath. 



Tliroat and crown ash-color; a white ring round the eye. Xo black on the 

 side of the head O. agilLt. 



Throat and superciliary stripe yellow; top of the hejid and a streak beneath 

 the eye black O./onnosus. 



Oporomis agilis, Baird. 



CONNECTICUT WARBLEB. 



Sylvia aqilis, "Wils. Am. Orn. V, 1S12, C-t, pi. xxxix, fig. i. — Arn. Orn. Biog, II, pi. 

 exxxviii ; Hon. Sylcicvla ag. Jard. ; Aud. Birds Am. II, pi. xcix. TrkJutsag. Nutt. 

 Oporomis ag. Baikd, Birds X. Am. 1858, 246, pi. Ixxix, fig. 2 : Rev. 218. .? TricJms 

 tejihrocofis, Xitt. Man. 2d ed. 1840, 462 (C'he.ster Co., Peun. ; top of head pure a.sh). 

 — Samukls, 2u8. 



Sp. Char. Spring male. Upper parts and sides of the body uniform olive-green, very 

 slightly tinged with ash on the crown. Sides of the head ash, tinged with dusky beneath 

 the eye. (Entire head sometimes ash.) Chin and throat grayish-ash, gradually bet^oiuing 

 darker to the upper part of the breast, where it becomes tinged with dark ash. Sides of 

 the neck, breast, and body olive, like the back : rest of under parts light yellow. A broad 

 fontinuous white ring round the eye. Wing*^ and tail-feathers olive (('specially the latter), 

 without any trace of bars or spots. Bill brown above. Feet yellow. Length, inches; 

 wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.25. Female. The olive-green reaching to the bill, and covering sides 

 of head ; throat and jugulum pale ashy-buff. Young not seen. Xesting unknown. 



Autumnal s[)eeimen nearly uniform olive above; the throat tinged with brownish so as 

 to obscure the avsh. 



Hab. Eastern Province of United States. 



