CAPE MAY WARBLER. 739 



LENGTH four inches and a half: beak dusky : 

 the upper parts of the plumage brown, the feathers 

 edged with greenish: spot on the ears rufous : the 

 greater wing-coverts with a white fascia: the quills 

 edged with olive-green: the throat, fore-part of 

 the neck, upper part of the belly, the sides, and 

 rump, yellow ; the neck and breast spotted with 

 dusky: the lower part of the belly, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts, dirty yellowish white : tail 

 similar to the quills, with the two outer feathers 

 whitish on the inner webs near the tips ; it is 

 slightly forked : legs brown. Inhabits North 

 America and the West Indies. 



CAPE MAY WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia maritima. ) 



;Sv. olivaceo-Jlava, subtus ochroleuca, superciliis, menio, lateribus- 

 que colli flaws, fascia alarum alba, rectricibus tribus exterioribus 

 intus macula alba, caudafurcata. 



Olive-yellow Warbler, beneath yellowish white, with the eye- 

 brows, chin, and sides of the neck, yellow ; a white bar oa 

 the wings ; the three outer tail-feathers with a spot of white 

 within, and the tail forked. 



Sylvia maritima. Wils. Amer. Orn. 6. 100. 



Cape May Warbler. Wils. Amer. Orn. 6. 100. pi. Liv.f. 3. 



THE Cape May Warbler is five inches and a 

 half in length : its beak and legs are black : the 

 upper parts of the head deep black : line from 



