YELLOW RED-POLL WARBLER. 261 



Sylvia petechia, Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 535 Ch. Bonaparte, Sjnops. of 



Birds of the United States, p. 83. 

 Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, WUs. Amer. Ornith. vol. vi. 



p. 1.9. pi. 28. fig. 4. Male — Nuttall, Manual, p. 364. 

 Sylvicola petechia, Swains, and Richards. Fauna. Bor, Amer. part i. p. 215. 



Adult Male in Winter. Plate CXLV. Fig. 1. 



Bill short, straight, conico-subulate, very slender, acute. Nostrils 

 basal, lateral, oval, half closed by a membrane. Head rather small ; 

 neck short, body slender. Feet of ordinary length, slender ; tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe, covered anteriorly by a few scuteUa, the upper 

 ones long ; toes scuteUate above, the inner free, the hind toe of moderate 

 size ; claws slender, compressed, acute, arched. 



Plumage soft and blended, with little gloss. Wings of ordinary 

 length, acute, the second quill longest, the secondaries rather long and 

 rounded. Tail of moderate length, emarginate. Bristles at the base of 

 the bill. 



Bill dusky-brown above, yellowish beneath. Iris deep brown. Feet 

 umber-brown. The general colour of the plumage above is yellow-olive, 

 streaked with dark brown ; crown of the head brownish-red, margined on 

 each side with a line of pale-yellow over the eye ; rump and tail-coverts 

 greenish-yellow ; quills blackish-brown, edged with yeUow-olive ; tail of 

 the colour of the wings, the two lateral feathers white in their whole 

 breadth towards the end, forming a white band across the tail beneath 

 when it is closed. The sides of the head are yellow, with two dusky 

 bands, and the lower parts generally are bright yellow, the fore-neck, 

 breast and sides streaked with brownish-red. 



Length 4^ inches, extent of wings 8^ ; biU along the back ^|, along 

 the edge \ ; tarsus |. 



Adult Female. Plate CXLV. Fig. % 



The Female is coloured in the same manner as the Male, but the 

 tints are much paler, the red of the head scarcely apparent, and the fore- 

 neck very faintly marked. 



