88 NEW-YORK FAUNA BIRDS. 



GENUS SYLVICOLA. Swainson. 



Bill short, straight, with feeble bristles at the base. Upper mandible slightly curved, and 

 notched near the tip. Nostrils basal, partially concealed by the feathers. Tarsus com- 

 pressed, longer than the middle toe, with seven scutellae. Tail emarginate. First, second 

 or third quills longest, subequal. 



THE MYRTLE-BIRD. 



Sylvicola C0R0NATA. 



PLATE LXVI. FIG. 103. 



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(STATE COLLECTION.) 



Molacilla coronata. Linnjecs, p. 333. 



Yellow-rump Warbler. Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 400, and p. 403. 



Sylvia coronata. Wilson, Orn. Vol. 2, p. 138, pi. 17, fig. 4 (summer dress) ; Vol. 5, p. 121, pi. 45, fig. 3 {winter 



dress). 

 S. id. Acbubon, fol. pi. 153 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 303. 

 Myrtle-bird. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 361. 

 Sylvicola coronata. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 216. Acdubon, B. of Am. Vol 2, p. 23, pi. 76 (male 



and young). 

 S. id., Yellow-crowned Wood-warbler. Giraud, Birds of Long Island, p. 55. 



Characteristics. Slate-colored, streaked with black ; beneath whitish. Crown, sides of 

 the breast and rump yellow. Wings bifasciate with white. Inner webs 

 of three outer tail-feathers white. Winter, brownish olive ; yellow of 

 breast and crown obsolete. Young, without black, and the yellow 

 scarcely obvious. Length, 5 inches. 



Description. Bill rather broad at base, and half an inch long. Second quill longest. 

 Wings an inch shorter than the tail, which is emarginate ; the central feathers being some- 

 what more acuminated. 



Color. Above slate, with a dark streak in the middle of each feather. Front and sides 

 of the head black. Wings and tail bright brown ; the former bifasciate with white. On the 

 summit of the head, a bright yellow crown. Eye-stripe black, dilated occasionally behind, 

 with a whitish line over the eye, which is often obsolete. Rump yellow. Beneath, the throat 

 white, immaculate ; belly and vent white, striped with black : sides of the breast yellow. 

 Bill and legs blackish brown. Female, light brown above, with dark reddish brown inter- 

 rupted stripes on the back : the yellow on the crown nearly concealed by the brown obsoletely 

 striped feathers. Traces of yellow on the sides of the breast. Eye-stripe dull brown. Au- 

 tumnal male, resembles the female : the yellow on the sides of the breast not so brilliant. 

 Whitish line over the eye, bordered above by a darker one. No yellow on the crown. 



Length, 5-0-6-0. Alar extent, 8-5-9-0. 



