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NEW-YORK FAUNA -BIRDS. 
THE BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. 
Sylvicola castanea. 
PLATE LI. FIG. 116 (Male). 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
Sylvia castanea. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 2, p. 97, pi. 14, fig. 4 (male). Bonap. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 80. 
Bay-breasted Warbler. Audubon, folio, pi. 69; Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 358 Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 382. 
Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 2, p. 34, pi. 80 (male and female). 
Bay-breasted Wood-warbler. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 62. 
Characteristics. Forehead and cheeks black. Crown, throat and sides under the wings 
bay. Three lateral tail-feathers marked with white. Female and 
young, slightly rufous.beneath. Length, 5 inches. 
Description. Numerous porrect bristles extending beyond the nostrils: the notch on the 
mandible obvious. First three quills subequal; the second slightly longest; outer vanes of 
the second, third and fourth sinualed. Wings O'6 shorter than the tail, which is emarginate. 
Color. Above slate streaked with black. Wings blackish brown, with two white bars. 
Centre of the breast and vent rufous white. Summit of the head, throat and sides chesnut : 
a yellowish white or buff spot on the sides of the neck. Female, faint reddish on the crown, 
greenish brown in front, and the eye-spot of the same color. Beneath dusky white, with a 
faint tinge of bay on the sides. 
Length, 5'3. Alar extent, 11*0. 
This little Warbler is usually rare in this State. The specimens m the Collection were 
shot, May 20, in this neighborhood. It has been observed in Massachusetts, which appears 
to be its highest northern range along the Atlantic coast. Audubon has noticed them in 
Louisiana, but the history of its migration and of its incubation is yet unknown. 
