Class II. YELLOW WARBLER. 



511 



Sylvia. Trochilus. S. cinereo- 

 virens, alis subtus tectrici- 

 busque flavescentibvis, su- 

 perciliis luteis. Lath. hid. 

 orn. 550. id. Syn. iv. 512. 



Chofti, ou Chanteur. Belon 

 av. 344. 



Trochilus. Gesner av. 726. 



Asilus. Aldr. av.'n. 293. 



Little yellowish Bird. Wil. 

 orn. 228. 



JRaii Syn. av. 80. 



Edw. av. 278. 



Schnee Rienig (Snow king). 

 Frisch, i. 24. 



Schmittl. Kram. 378. 



Le Pouillot, ou chantre. Asi- 

 lus. Brisson av. iii. 479* 

 Mist, d'ois. V. 344. PI. Enl 

 651./. 1. 



Motacilla trochilus. Gm. Lin. 



995. 

 Faun. Suec. sp. 264. 

 ^copo/i No. 238. 

 Spurre-Konge, Fager-Flis. Br. 



286. 

 Br. Zool. 101. plate S. f. 2. S. 



2. f. 1. Jrct. Zool. ii. 108. 



8. YeLLOWo 



JLhE Yellow Warbler frequents large moist 

 woods, and places where willow trees abound, 

 from which it takes one of its names. Its weight 

 is about two drams. The color of the whole up- 

 per part of the body is a dusky green; the wings 

 and tail are brown, edged with yellowish green; 

 above each eye is a yellowish stroke ; the breast, 

 belly, and thighs vary in their color in different 

 birds ; in some the yellow is bright, in others it 

 fades almost into white. 



It builds in hollows in the sides of ditches, 

 making its nest in the form of an egg ; with a 

 large hole at the top, as an entrance ; the out- 

 side is composed of moss and hay, the inside 

 lined with soft feathers. It lays commonly se- 



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