736 BLUE MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 



and thighs yellowish white : the two middle tail- 

 feathers ash-eoloured ; the rest black, with the 

 bases of their inner webs white : legs grey. In- 

 habits Canada. 



BLUE MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia montana.) 



SY. olivaceo-jiava, subtus dilute jftava,jfronte, genis, mento t lateri- 

 busque colli flaws, cauda rotundata ; re ctricibus duobus laterali- 

 bus apice interne albis. 



Olive-yellow Warbler, beneath pale yellow, with the forehead, 

 cheeks, throat, chin, and sides of the neck, yellow; tail 

 rounded, its two outer feathers white at the tip within. 



Sylvia montana. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. 113. 



Blue Mountain Warbler. Wils. Amer. Orn. 5. 113. pi. XLIV. 

 /.2. 



THE male of this bird is four inches and three 

 quarters in length : the upper parts rich olive- 

 yellow : front, cheeks, and chin, and sides of the 

 neck, yellow : breast and belly pale yellow, streaked 

 with blackish : vent plain dull yellow : wings black ; 

 first and second row of coverts broadly tipped with 

 pale yellowish white ; tertials the same : the rest 

 of the quills edged with whitish : tail rounded, 

 black, edged with pale olive; the two exterior 

 feathers, on each side, white on their inner vanes 

 from the middle to the tips, and on their outer 

 edges: legs and feet purple-brown: beak dark 



