296 BLUE-MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 



the first stouter, the lateral about equal, claws much compressed, late- 

 rally grooved, acute. ' 



Plumage soft and blended. No bristles at the base of the bill. 

 Wings rather short ; the third and fourth quills longest. Tail of mo- 

 derate length, rounded, the lateral feathers four and a half twelfths 

 shorter than the middle. 



Bill reddish-brown, as are the feet and claws, the soles yellow. 

 The general colour of the upper parts is light greenish-olive ; a band 

 across the forehead, a band over the eye, the cheeks, throat, fore part, 

 and sides of the neck bright yellow ; the rest of the lower parts yellow- 

 ish-white ; the sides marked with narrow dusky longitudinal streaks. 

 The wings are dusky brown, all the feathers edged with yellowish- 

 white, the secondary quills more broadly, the first row of small coverts 

 and the secondary coverts tipped with white, and thus forming two 

 very conspicuous bands across the wing. Tail brownish-black, the 

 feathers edged with yellowish-green ; the two lateral feathers on each 

 side white in their terminal half. 



Length to end of taU 4{§ inches ; bill along the ridge ^^ ; wing from 

 flexure 2 A ; tail 2 ; tarsus l\ ; hind toe /s? its claw l\ ; middle toe /g, 

 its claw 1*^. 



This bird cannot be the Sylvia tigrina of Gmelin and Latham, as 

 the figure of Edwards, to which reference is made, has the tail, not 

 rounded, but emarginate. That figure, in fact, affords a better repre- 

 sentation of Syl/eia maritima. 



BARTRAM'S VIREO. 



ViREO Bartramii, Swains. 



PLATE CCCCXXXIV. Male. 



At page 289 of the second volume of this work, when speaking of 

 Vireo oUvaceus, I made the following remark : — " Wilson, who was a 

 most excellent observer, was quite correct, as well as Dr Barton of 

 Philadelphia, in alluding to another species of Vireo, which, although 



