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TENNESEE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia peregrina.) 



SY. olivaceo-jlava subtus alba, genis pileoque pallide ccendeis^ 



super ciliisjlavis, caudajurcata . 

 Olive-yellow Warbler, beneath white, with the cheeks and top 



of the head pale blueish, the eyebrows yellow, and the tail 



forked. 



Sylvia peregrina. Wilt. Amer. Orn. 3. 83. 

 Tennesee Warbler. Wils. Amer. Orn. 383. pi. xxv.f. 2. 



THE back, lesser wing-coverts, rump, and tail- 

 coverts of this bird, are of a rich yellow olive : 

 wings deep dusky, broadly edged with yellow 

 olive : cheeks and upper part of the head light 

 blueish, tinged with olive : line from the nostrils 

 over the eye pale yellow, fading to white : throat 

 and breast pale cream-colour : belly and vent 

 white : tail forked, olive, shaded with dusky : beak 

 strong, the upper mandible dusky, the lower pale : 

 irides hazel : legs purplish brown : the female less 

 brilliant in colour. Inhabits the Tennesee country,, 

 in North America. 





