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CAPE MAY WARBLER. 



Sylvia maritima, Wils. 



PLATE CCCCXIV. Male and Female. 



Of this beautiful species, which was first described by Wilson, 

 very little is known. It seems to pass rapidly through our Middle Dis- 

 tricts in May. I have never met with a single bird of this kind on my 

 rambles, and am indebted for the fine specimens of both sexes lq my 

 possession, and from which I drew the figures in the plate, to my gene- 

 rous friend Edwaed Hakris, Esq. of Moorestown, New Jersey, who 

 procured them, with several others, in that district. 



Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Wils. Amer. Omith. vol. iv. p. 99, pi. 54, 



fig. 3, male. — Bonap. Amer. Omith. vol. i. p. 32, fig. 3, female. 

 Cape May Warbler, Nuttcdl, Manual, vol. i. p. 371. 



Adult Male. Plate CCCCXIV. Fig. 3. 



Bill shorter than the head, slender, conical, compressed toward the 

 end, tapering to an acute point ; upper mandible with the dorsal line 

 straight, somewhat convex toward the end, the ridge narrow, the sid,es 

 sloping at the base, convex toward the end, the edges thin and over- 

 lapping, without notch, the tip acimiinate ; nostrils basal, oblong, oper- 

 culate ; lower mandible with the angle rather short and obtuse, the 

 dorsal line straight, the sides convex, the edges inflected, the tip acu- 

 minate ; the gape-line slightly arched. 



Head of moderate size, ovate ; neck rather short ; body rather 

 slender. Feet of moderate length, slender; tarsus longer than the 

 middle toe, much compressed, covered anteriorly with seven scutella, 

 posteriorly with two plates meeting so as to form a very thin edge ; toes 

 small, much compressed ; hind toe comparatively large, lateral toes 

 nearly equal, middle toe much longer ; claws moderate, arched, ex- 

 tremely compressed, acute. 



Plumage soft and blended. Wings of moderate length, pointed ; 

 the first quill longest, the second a quarter of a twelfth shorter, the 

 third a twelfth shorter ; secondary quills of moderate length, faintly 



