382 BLUE YELLOW-BACK WARBLER. 



the inner webs of the three exterior feathers with white, a cir- 

 cumstance common to a great number of the genus; immediately 

 above and below the eye is a small touch of white; the upper 

 mandible is black, the lower, as well as the whole throat and 

 breast, rich yellow, deepening about its middle to orange red, 

 and marked on the throat with a small crescent of black; on the 

 edge of the breast is a slight touch of rufous; belly and vent 

 white; legs dark brown; feet dirty yellow. The female wants 

 both the black and orange on the throat and breast; the blue on 

 the upper parts is also of a duller tint. 



