344 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER. 



black and dull yellow; wings black, primaries edged with pale 

 blue, the first and second row of coverts broadly tipt with pale 

 yellow, secondaries broadly edged with the same; tail black, 

 handsomely forked, exteriorly edged with ash, the inner webs 

 of the three exterior feathers with each a spot of white; from 

 the extremity of the black at the lower mandible, on each side, 

 a streak of deep reddish chestnut descends along the sides of the 

 neck, and under the wings to the root of the tail; the rest of the 

 lower parts are pure white; legs and feet ash; bill black; irides 

 hazel. The female has the hind head much lighter, and the chest- 

 nut on the sides is considerably narrower and not of so deep a 

 tint. 



Turton and some other writers have bestowed on this little 

 bird the singular epithet of bloody -sided, for which I was at a 

 loss to know the reason, the colour of that part being a plain 

 chestnut; till on examining Mr. Edwards's coloured figure of 

 this bird in the public library of this city, I found its side tin- 

 ged with a brilliant blood colour. Hence, I suppose, originated 

 the name ! 



