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aa. Tail not shorter than wing; its feathers not half concealed by coverts. 

 (Geothlypis.) 



990. G. trichas (L.). MARYLAND YELLOW THROAT. Olive 

 green ; forehead and broad mask extending down sides of head and 

 neck jet black, bordered behind with clear ash; under parts yellow, 

 clear on throat and breast ; 9 obscurely marked, without black 

 mask and with less yellow. L. 4. W. 2. T. 2%. U. S., abun- 

 dant in thickets ; a pretty bird with a lively song. Replaced W., 

 by var. occidentalis Brewster, larger and brighter, the belly clear 

 yellow instead of buffy whitish. Rocky Mts., E. to Ga. and 111. 

 , some small bird.) 



516. ICTERIA Vieillot. (uerepos, yellowness, as jaundice.) 



991. I. virens (L.). YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Olive green; 

 throat and breast bright yellow ; belly abruptly white ; lores black ; 

 a white superciliary line ; wings and tail plain ; tarsus almost 

 booted. L. 1\. W. 3J. T. Sf U. S., southerly, N. to Mass. 

 and Wis. ; a loud, quaint songster. 



517. WILSONIA Bonaparte. (To Alexander Wilson.) 

 a. Tail feathers blotched with white; no wing bars. 



992. W.mitrata(Gmelin). HOODED WARBLER. Bright yellow 

 olive; breast, crown, and neck all around jet black, enclosing a 

 broad golden mask ; under parts from the breast bright yellow ; 9 

 olive instead of black. L. 5. W. 2f . T. 2. E. U. S., southerly, 

 N. to L. Erie ; a singular and beautiful species. (Lat., mitred.) 

 aa. Tail feathers plain dusky ; no wing bars. 



993. W.pusilla (Wilson). GREEN BLACK-CAPPED WARBLER. 

 Clear yellow olive ; crown glossy black ; forehead, lores, sides of 

 head and entire under parts bright yellow ; 9 with less black. L. 

 4|. W. 2. T. 2J. U. S. (Lat., weak.) 



994. W. canadensis (L.). CANADA WARBLER. Bluish ash; 

 crown streaked with black ; under parts clear yellow ; crissum white ; 

 lores black, continuous with black under the eye ; this passing as a 

 chain of black streaks down the side of the neck encircling the 

 breast like a necklace ; a yellow superciliary streak ; 9 similar, with 

 less black. L. *5J. W. 2f . T. 2J. E. U. S., to the Missouri, 

 frequent ; one of the handsomest Warblers. 



518. SETOPHAGA Swainson. (ays, moth ; ffrayos, eating.) 



995. S. ruticilla (L.). AMERICAN REDSTART. Black; sides 

 of breast and large blotches on wings and tail orange-red ; belly 

 white, reddish tinged ; no wing bars ; 9 olive, marked with creamy 

 yellow instead of red. L. 5J. W. 2. T. 2. E. K Am., very 

 abundant ; a handsome and active fly-catcher. 



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