PASSERES — SYLVICOLIDjE — VERMIVORA. 87 



THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 

 Vermivora celata. 



Sylvia alata. Say, Long's Expedition, Vol. 1, p. 169. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 88; Am. On). Vol. 1, 



p. 45, pi. 5, fig. 2. Audubon, fol. pi. 178 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 449. 

 Orange-crowned Warbler. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 413. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 2, p. 100, pi. 112 (male 

 and female). 



Characteristics. Greenish olive ; beneath olivaceous yellow. Crown with a bay spot. 

 Length, 5 J inches. 



Description. Second and third quills longest, subequal. Tail slightly emarginate, of 

 twelve feathers. Colors exceedingly simple. Bill dusky above ; pale greyish blue beneath. 

 Above brownish grey ; beneath dull olive-yellow, becoming more bright on the vent and lower 

 tail-feathers. 



Length, 5 '5. Alar extent, 8-0. 



I have not been able to find this species within our limits ; but as it breeds in Maine, and 

 ranges from 24° to 54° north, it undoubtedly belongs here. Eggs 4-6, of a pale green 

 color, with small black dots. In the autumn, its bright bay crown can only be seen by sepa- 

 rating the feathers. This species, which appears to be more abundant in the Southern States, 

 was first discovered by the late Mr. Say on the banks of the Missouri. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



V. protonotarius. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 2, pi. 106.) Yellow. Wings, rump and tail-feathers greyish 



blue. Inner webs of the tail-feathers white, except near the tips. Length, 5\ inches. Southern 



and Western States. 

 V. bachmani. (Id. lb. pi. 108) Brownish olive. Forehead, line over eyes, cheeks, side of neck and 



beneath yellow : a black patch on the breast. Female : frontlet olive-green. Length, 4J inches. 

 V. carbonata. (Id. pi. 109.) Dark olive green : beneath yellow. Forehead and crown black ; back 



and sides of the body spotted with black. 

 V. nigrescens. (Id. pi. 114) Bluish grey. Head, eye-stripe and breast black : a small yellow dash 



from above the eye to the nostril. Cheeks, and two bands across the wings, white. Length, 5 



inches. Columbia river. 



