716 PARTICOLOURED WARBLER. 



but is ornamented with spots of black : the belly 

 and vent are white : the tail-feathers are dusky, 

 with- the middle of their inner webs white ; but 

 the two middle ones are totally black : legs brown. 

 Inhabits North America: its nest is composed 

 of grass and feathers, and its eggs are four in 

 number. 



PARTICOLOURED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia discolor.) 



SY. olivaceo-viridis subtus Jlava, lateribus capitis colli hypochon- 



driisque nigro-maculatis, remigibus rectricibusque nigrican- 



tibus. 

 Olive-green Warbler, beneath yellow, with the sides of the 



head, neck, and body, spotted with black; the quills and tail 



dusky. 



Sylvia discolor. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 37. 

 La Fauvette discolor. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 37. pi. gS. 



THE whole plumage of this bird above is olive- 

 green : the quills and tail are dusky ; the lateral 

 feathers of the last white : the under parts of the 

 body are yellow, as are also the eyebrows : beneath 

 the eye are two large blackish spots : the sides of 

 the neck, breast, and body, are likewise orna- 

 mented with a few dusky spots. Native of North 

 America. 



