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Geothlypis Philadelphia, IVvikd. 



MOVBHINO WABBLEB. 



Si/irid /ihiltnf>/j>/iia, Wii,s. Am. (>ni. II, lM(t, lol, pi. .\iv ; All*. ; NiTT. Trichtts phihi- 



th//>hiii, .l.\i:h. IkKiNHAUDr, Vidfii.sk. Mtdtltl. lor l>.'»:i, untl litis, iSiJl, »> (<Iri'«ii. 



l;iii«l). (/'ofJififfHs ji/ii/if. n.viui), IJii'ls N. Am. 18a8, 243, pi. Ixxix, ti;,'. 3; Utv. "Ji't;. 



— S<LATEi:, Catal. l.*««»l, •_'? (Oii/aha). — Lawkkntk, Aim. N. V. Ly< . l^^jl, oJJ 



{Panama), — SAMrFLs, "JdT. - Dkksskh, Ilii.s, }Si\i', 47«i. 

 Fij^iiivs : WiLs. Am. Oni, II, pi. xiv. — Ai i». lUnls Am. II, 1>1. ci. 



Sp. Chah. Winj^'s hut little Knip'r than tiic tail, ivadiiuir ''nt littlo Ix-yond its \ti\in\ 

 Athdt male. Ilt-ad Jind nt'ck all ronml, with throat and forepart ofhreast, ash-i^rav. paUr 

 l)eiR'ath. Till' leathers of the eliiii. throat, aixl lore hreast in reality hlaek, hut with nar- 

 row ashy niarjrins more or lejv** eoneealinjr the hlaek, except on the hreast. Lores an<l re^non 

 round the eye dusky, without any traee of a pale rin^^ I'pper part<s and sid«'s of the 

 body elear olive->rreen ; the under parts hrii,dit y( How. Tail-feathers uniform olive; fust 

 primary, with the out"r half of the outer weh, nearly white. Ffimile with the uray of the 

 crown ^dossed with olive; the chin and throat paler eentrally, and tinired with I'ulvou.s; a 

 dull whitish rin,!.r round the eye. Leuii-th, .').')(>; winu', 2.40 : tail. 'J. "Jo. Youmj not seen. 



IIah. Eastern Trovinee of Tnitcd States to British America : ( Jreeidand ; Southeastern 

 Mexico, Panama II. U., and Colombia. Not n.'corded from West Indie;^ or (juatemala. 

 Costa Kica (Lawk.). 



Specimens vary in the amount of black on tl»e ju«^iiluni, and the i)urity 

 of the ash of the throat. The species is often confounded with Oporuniis 

 affUis, to which the resenihhince is (piite ch)se. They may, li<j\vever, he dis- 

 tinguished by tlie nnich lonj^^er and more p(»inted wings, and more even tail, 

 shorter legs, etc., of ayilix. The white ring round the eye in the female 

 philddelphia increases the ditHculty of sei)aration. 



The adult male in autunni is scarcely ditlerent from the spring bird, there 

 being merely a faint olive-tinge to the ash on to^) of the head, and the black 

 jugular patch more restricted, being more concealed by the ashy borders to 

 the feathers ; the yellow beneath somewhat deeper. 



Habits. The ^lourning AVarbler was first discovered and described by 

 Wilson, who captiu'ed it in the early part of »June, on the borders of a marsh, 

 within a few miles of IMiiladelpliia. This was tl^e only specimen he ever 

 met with. He found it flitting from one low bush to another in search of 

 insects. It had a sprightly and pleasant warbling song, the novelty of which 

 first attracted his attention. For a long while Wilson's single bird remained 

 uni(|ue, and from its excessive rarity Bonaparte conjectured that it might 

 be an accidental variety of the Yellow-Throat. At i)resent, though still 

 of unfreciuent occurrence, it is by no means a doubtful, though generally 

 a comparatively rare species. Audubon mentions having received several 

 specimens of this Warbler, procured in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, 

 New York, and Vermont, all of which were o])tained in the spring or sum- 

 mer months. He met w:th a single specimen in Louisiana, and tliinks its 

 habits closely resemble those of the Maryland Yellow-Throat. 



VICTORIA. B C. 



