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NASHVILLE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia leucogastra.) 



SY. olivaceo-Jlava cinereo variegatis, subtus, uropygio tectricibus- 



que caudce Jlai)is, venire albo, vertice maculis spadiceis, cauda 



subfurcata. 

 Olive-yellow Warbler, varied with ash, with the under parts, 



rump, and tail-coverts, yellow ; the belly white; the crown with 



chesnut spots ; and the tail slightly forked. 

 Sylvia ruficapilla. Wits. Amer. Orn. 3. 120. 

 Nashville Warbler. Wils. Amer. Orn. 3. I20.pl. xxvu.f. 3. 



LENGTH four inches and a half: beak dusky 

 ash : irides hazel : upper parts of the head and 

 neck pale ash, inclining to olive : crown spotted 

 with patches of deep chesnut : orbits of the eye 

 pale yellow : back yellow-olive, slightly striped 

 with ash : rump and tail-coverts rich yellow-olive: 

 wings nearly black, broadly edged with olive : the 

 under parts of the body bright yellow, except the 

 middle of the belly, which is white : tail slightly 

 forked, and dark olive : legs pale ash : feet dirty 

 yellow. Inhabits North America. 



