PASSERES SYLVICOLID^E — VERMIVORA. 83 



THE WHISTLING WARBLER. 



Vermivora swainsoni. 



Sylvia swainsonii. Audubon, folio, pi. 198; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 563, and Vol. 5, p. 462. 

 Vermivora id. Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, p. 21. 

 Ilelinaia id. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 3, p. 83, pi. 104 (male). 



Characteristics. Brown, tinged with reddish on the head. Sides of the head brownish 

 white, and a whitish line over the eye. Length, 5 inches. 



Description. Nostrils half closed by a cartilaginous membrane. Claws with lateral 

 grooves. The first three quills longest, subequal. 



Color. Bill brownish, becoming darker at the tip. Feet flesh-colored. Above uniform 

 brown. Beneath pale brownish grey ; darker on the sides. Head tinged with red on the 

 summit ; brownish white on its cheeks, and a light colored line passes over the eye. 



Length, 5*5. Alar extent, 8 "5. 



This is a southern species, and apparently rare. I have never seen it in this State, but 

 my young friend H. C. De Rham assured me that he had obtained it from Rockland county. 

 His premature and much regretted decease prevented me from examining the specimen. It 

 has since been observed in Massachusetts, by Mr. Samuel Cabot. The female does not 

 appear to have been described. Its history is still imperfect. 



THE BLUE-WINGED WARBLER. 

 Vermivora solitaria. 



PLATE LV. FIG. 125 (Male). 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Pine Warbler. Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 412, Parus aureus, Bartram, p. 292. 



Sylvia solitaria. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 109, pi. 15, fig. 4. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 87. Aud. 



folio, pi. 20; Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 102. 

 Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 410. 

 Helinaia solitaria. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 2, p. 98, pi. 111. 

 H. id., Blue^winged Yellow Swamp Warbler. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 66. 



Characteristics. Olive-green. Forehead and all beneath yellow. Lores black. Wings 

 and tail slate-blue : the former bifasciate with whitish ; the latter with 

 the inner vanes white. Young : crown olive-green. Length, 5 inches. 



Description. Second quill longest. Tail slightly emarginate in repose; its feathers 0*7 

 longer than the tips of the wings, and pointed. 



Color. Above bright olive green. Summit of the head and beneath bright yellow : lores 

 black. Wings and tail slate-blue. Two bands of white across the wing ; the tail-feathers, 

 except the central ones, white on the inner webs. Young : Faint bluish on the cheeks. 



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