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YELLOW WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Trochilus.) 



SY. cinereo-i)irens t alls subtus rectricibusquejlavescentibus, super- 



ciliis luteis. 



Grey-green Warbler, with the wings beneath and quills yel- 

 lowish, the eyebrows yellow. 

 Sylvia Trochilus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 550. 155. 

 Motacilla Trochilus. Lin. Syst. frat. 1. 338. 4Q. Lin. Faun., 



Suec. 264. Gmeh Syst. Nat. 1. 995. 

 Asilus. Briss. Orn. 3. 479. 45. Rail. Syn. 80. A. 10. Will. 



Ang. 228. 



Le Pouillot. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ols. 5. 344. 

 Yellow Wren. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. \5\.Pen.Arck. Zool. 2. 



319. White. Hist. Selb. p. 28. and 55. Hayes. Brit. Birds. 



pi. 38. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 512. 147. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 



238. 7.- Don. Brit. Birds. 1. pi. 14.Leivin. Brit. Birds. 3. 



pi. 113. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. Mont. Sup. Bewick. Birds. 



J. 222. 



THE Willow or Yellow Warbler weighs rather 

 more than two drams and a half: its length is five 

 inches and a quarter : the beak is dusky above 

 and yellowish beneath : irides hazel : the whole 

 of the upper parts of the plumage are of a greenish 

 yellow-brown : the quills are dusky brown, edged 

 with yellow ; their coverts are yellow : the under 

 parts of the plumage are white, tinged with yel- 

 low: on the breast are a few yellow streaks : thighs 

 yellow : tail similar to the quills, slightly edged 

 with yellow : over the eye a faint yellow streak : 

 legs light brown : the female can scarcely be clis- 



