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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



catchers. The nest is placed on the ground, and is of an oval or spherical 

 form with a round opening on one side. The .sexes are similar, and tlie 

 young difler very little from the parents. 



Genus PHYLLOPNEUSTE, Meyer & AVolp. 



Phyllopncnatc, Mevku & Wolf, Tasuheiibudi, 1)522. —Dkglaxd ct Gkp.iie, Oinith Enron 

 1, 1807, U-i. 



Gen. CiiAK. Bill .liorter tlian tli.- lioad; strai-ht, slciulcr, ami dopicssed, notclu'il 



at tip. NosliilsoptMi. Tiirsi k'ngtlicncd; 

 c.xi'oediii'r tin- nii<Mlc toe; .'jcutcllatc nii- 

 torii)i'ly, but with the plates indistinct, 

 claw,'! i-'hort, nnifli eiirvod. Winjr.s point- 

 ed, lon^'ur than tail, and roacliin<>- at 

 least to its niiddlo; spurious qiiill ex- 

 tendinj,' fai-thur than the uppor coviMt. 

 Tail eniar<riiiato. Olivaueoiis above ; 

 yellowish or whitish beneath. 



^ 4500A 



P/it/tlnpiti itsfr bnrfalh 



For the purpo.se of distinguishing this 

 American, it is enough to siiy tliat, of the : 

 general appearance of the warblers, it has 

 a short spiu-ious first primary, as in the 

 Thrushes, and some Vireoiiida: Tlie single 

 species found as yet within our limits re- 

 semhles at first sight an immature Douh-oirn 

 a'stiva, hut is easily distinguished by llie 

 wing formula, the yellowish strijjc over the 

 eyi!, and the brown tail-feathers. 



genus from any other North 





Phyllopneuile ban ulis. 



Fhyllopneuste borealis, J5i..vs. 



ALASKA WILLOW WABBLY B, 



r/ii/Hdjincusfe biiiYKlis, Bi.as. Iliis, KSti2, tii). P/ii/l/ujinainlt; Ki;nn., ISaiki), Tnuia. Cliioago 

 Acad. Soi. 1, ii, p. ai3, pi. x.\x, tig. 2, ISGD. 



Sp. Cn.Mt. (Description of spc-cimen No. 45.90!).) Plnniafrc in AiiLmst : aliovo olive- 

 frreen, with a .slijrht .shade ot'lirowii on lop oChead, rather lijrhter behind : Ijenenth wliito 

 tinjred with irreenish-yellow ; tnoro oliv(? on the throat and breast; and more yellow 

 behind, inside the winir and on lhi;jhs; axijlars purer yellow. A well-marked fjreeni.sli- 

 yellow line from nostrils over the eye to the nape (extendinjr behind the eve nearly as 

 far as from eye to tip of bill), beneath this an olivaeeous streak thron«;h the eve, rnnnintf 

 into the mixed olive and yellowisli of the cheeks. Quills and tail-feathers brown, edged 

 with olivaceous; the outer edtres of primaries more yellowish than those of seeondnries • 

 the greater coverts tipped externally with greenish-yellow, so iw to form a di,stiucl baud 



