HALF-COLLARED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia semitorquata. ) 



SY. fusca subtus dilute cinerea, vertice flwvicante olivaceo, stria 

 pone oculos cinerea, tectricibus alarum remigibusquefuscis, rec- 

 tricibus cinereus acutis, lateribus intus albis. 



Brown Warbler, beneath pale grey, with the crown olive yel- 

 low ; stripe behind the eyes ash-coloured ; the wing-coverts 

 and quills brown ; the tail-feathers acute and cinereous, the 

 outer ones white within. 



Sylvia semitorquata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 542. 129. Vieil. Ois. 

 de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 



Motacilla semitorquata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 972. 



Figuier a demi-collier. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 316. 



La Fauvette & demi-collier. VieiL Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 



Half-collared Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 410. 311. Lath. 

 Gen. Syn. 4. 494. 124. 



INHABITS Louisiana: length four inches and a 

 half: beak dusky above and whitish beneath : 

 crown yellowish olive : behind the eyes a stripe 

 of cinereous : upper parts of the plumage brown ; 

 wing-coverts the same, edged with yellow: pri- 

 maries and secondaries brown, the former edged 

 with whitish, and the latter with olive, and 

 tipped with white : the lower part of the neck 

 with a yellow stripe like a half collar : under parts 

 of the body pale cinereous, the belly inclining to 

 yellow: tail ash-coloured; the four outer feathers 

 edged with white on the inner margins, all the 

 feathers pointed : legs dusky. 



