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NEW-YORK FAUNA-BIRD& 
THE SPOTTED WARBLER. 
Sylvicola maculosa. 
PLATE L FIG. 112 (MiLE). 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
MotaciUa maculosa, Gmelin. £. id. Vieillot, pi. 93. 
Sylvia magnolia. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 3, p. 63, pi. 23, fig. 2. 
Black and Yellow Warbler. Audubon, fol. pi. 123 (adult), pi. 50 (young); Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 260, where it is 
named swainsoni; Vol. 2, p. 145, and Vol. 5, p. 458. 
Spotted Warbler. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 370. 
Yellow-rump Warbler. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 212, pi. 40. 
Black and Yellow Wood Warbler. Audubon, B. of A. Vol/2, p. 65, pi. 96. 
Blue-headed Yellow-rumped Wood-warbler. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 54. 
Characteristics. Crown ashen. Rump and beneath yellow. Breast with oblong black 
spots. Lateral tail-feathers white on the middle of the inner vanes 
Young, without the black eye-stripe. Length, 4 h inches. 
Description. Lower mandible straight, with a few bristles at the base. Second quill 
slightly longest, but the first three subequal; the fourth longer than the first. Tail slightly 
emarginate, rounded, 1 - 5 longer than the tips of the closed wings. 
Color. Upper part of the head and neck slate-blue. Frontlet and stripe passing through 
the eye and dilated behind, black : a narrow line over the eye, running backwards, white. 
Back and upper tail-coverts deep black ; the edges of the feathers greenish yellow. Rump 
and beneath yellow. Chin immaculate. Throat and breast with confluent oblong black spots, 
forming a sort of collar around the breast; sides of the breast with similar oblong black spots. 
Vent, middle of the inner webs of all the tail-feathers except the central pair, and under 
tail-coverts, white. Young, I have not seen, but according to Audubon it is yellowish grey 
above, with very faint streaks on the sides. 
Length, 4‘5-5'0. Alar extent, 7"5. 
This is one of the most beautiful, and occasionally in this State the rarest, of our war¬ 
blers ; at other times it is more common. According to Vigors, it is common in Cuba, and 
also in Maine and Labrador as far as 55° north, where it breeds ; but in the intermediate 
regions it has been rarely observed. It is rare in the Southern and Western Slates, but Mr. 
Audubon notices having.observed them on the Pocano mountains (Pennsylvania) in the autumn, 
with their young. It feeds on winged insects. It lays 4-5 small white eggs, sprinkled 
with red at the larger end. In the northern regions, it is called by the natives the Rain- 
bird. The complete history of its migration is yet a desideratum. 
