PASSERES — SYVICOLID.E — VERMIVORA. 
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THE TENNESSEE WARBLER. 
Vermivora peregrina. 
PLATE XLVII. FIG. 105 (Female). 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
Sylvia peregi-ina. Wilson, Am. Ora. Vol. 3, p. 97, pi. 25, fig. 2 (male). Bonaparte, Ann. Lye, Vol. 2, p. 87. 
Nuttall, Man. Ora. Vol. 1, p. 412. Audubon, folio, pi. 154 (male) j Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, 
p. 412. 
S. ( Vermivora) peregrina. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 221, pi. 42 (male). 
Helinaiaid. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 2, p. 96, pi. 110 (male). 
Characteristics. Yellowish ; bluish on the head ; line over the eye pale yellow. Bill very 
short. Beneath whitish. Wings without bands. Female: Chin, throat 
and line over the eye cream-color. Length, inches. 
Description. Bill straight and notched near the tip. The three first quills subequal; the 
second slightly longest. Tail slightly emarginate, even, 1*8 longer than the wings, and its 
feathers acuminate. 
Color. Female: Summit of the head ashy blue, blending on the back of the neck into 
the olive of the back. Interscapulars and upper tail-coverts rich yellow olive. Outer webs 
of the first six quills soiled white; the remainder and secondaries margined with green. 
Frontlet and line over the eye cream-white. Eye-stripe slate colored. Chin and upper part 
of the throat buff. All beneath dusky white, slightly tinged with yellow. 
Length, 4 • 7. Alar extent, 8 • 0. 
This is a rare species in this State, and indeed is rare everywhere. It ranges between 23° 
and 55° north. The female has not, until now, been described or figured. The specimen 
which afforded the above description was shot in Putnam county, September 5, which must 
be near the time of its southern migration. The history of its migration and breeding is yet 
unknown. 
