376 KENTUCKY WARBLER. 



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The Kentucky Warbler is five inches and a half long, and 

 eight inches in extent; the upper parts are an olive green; line 

 over the eye and partly under it, and whole lower parts, rich 

 brilliant yellow; head slightly crested, the crown deep black, 

 towards the hind part spotted with light ash; lores, and spot 

 curving down the neck, also black; tail nearly even at the end, 

 and of a rich olive green; interior vanes of that and the wings 

 dusky; legs an almost transparent pale flesh colour. 



The female wants the black under the eye, and the greater 

 part of that on the crown, having those parts yellowish. This 

 bird is very abundant in the moist woods along the Tennesee 

 and Cumberland rivers. 



