294 SYSTE3IATIC STXOPSIS. — PASSEEES— OSCIXES. 



102. H. chrysop'tera. ((xr. xpi'O'os. <-/i''».<iw, ai'ldeii, ami impov. pfcron, wing.) Blue Goldes- 

 wixGED Warbler. <J. ailult; UpptT parts slatv-bliie. I'V line Wuish-graT; crowu, aud large 

 wiug-patch fonued liy confluent wiua;-liars. rich yellow ; a broad jtripie on side of head and 

 patch on chin, throat and fore-breast, black, the eye-stripe bordered above and lielow with 

 white ; under parts generally, excepting the black breast-plate, white, often tinted with yellow- 

 ish, and shaded on the sides with ashy. Exposed surfaces of wings aud tail Mke upper parts; 

 great white blotches on three lateral tail-feathers ; bill black ; feet dark. J and immature 

 specimens have the back more or less glossed with yellowish-oliye : the yellow of the crown 

 obscured with greenish: the black eve-stripe and breast-plate %'eiled with gray tips of the 

 feathers, or not at all evideut. Size of H. piiuif. A beautiful species, common in Eastern 

 United States aud Canada ; migratory, brectUng auywhere iu its United States range : nest and 

 eggs like those of H. jiiniis. 



103. H. bach'mani. (To Rev. John Bachmau. of S. C. i Bachmax's Warbler. ^ : Upper 

 parts velLjwish-oliyc. including sides of heail aud neck, tinged with ashy on the hind head; 

 forehead and under parts bright yellow ; a baud on the vertex separating yellow front from 

 ashy I'cciput. and the throat and fire breast, black, this breast-plate isolated iu yellow sur- 

 roundings. Wiuijs dusky, glossed with the cidor of the back on all the exposed surface. 

 Two or three outer tail-feathers white-blotched. Small: length 4.o0 ; wing 3.35; tail ;?.00. 

 South Atlantic States, extremely rare, ouly kuowu to occur iu South Carolina. Georgia, and 

 Cuba. 



104. H. luciae. (To Miss Lucy Br.ird, daughter of Prof. S. F. Baird.) Lucy's Warbler. 

 (J 9 • adult : Clear ashy-gray. Beneath white, wixli a faint tinge of buff on the breast. A 

 rich chestnut patch ou the croim, and upper tail-coverts of the same color. A white eye-ring. 

 Quills and tail-feathers edged with the color of the back or whitish. Lateral tail-feather with 

 an obscure whitish patch. Lining of wing white. Feet dull leaden-olive. Iris dark browu 

 or black. Length i. 33-1.66; extent 7.00-7.50; %ving -2. 35-2. 50; tail 1.75-2.00; tarsus 

 0.66; bill 0.25-0.33. Young: Lack the chestnut of the crown, though that of the rump is 

 present. The throat aud breast are milk-white, without the ochrey tinge of the adults ; th« 

 wiug-eoverts are edged with pale rufous. The chestnut upper tail-coverts, and absence of any 

 trace of olivaceous or yellowish coloration, distinguish this interesting sj>ecies, the general 

 superficial aspect of which is quite like that of a Polioptila. Valley of the Colorado aud Gila ; 

 not yet kno\^'n except from Arizona. The exceptioual nidification of this species of the geuus 

 (Am. Xat.. vi, 1872, p. 493) has been confirmed: nest iu crevice behind bark of a tree or bush, 

 sucli as a mtcu might select ; eggs 4, n<,it peculiar, being white dotted with redtlish. 



105. H. vlrgin'iae. (To Mrs. Virginia Anderson, wife of the discoverer.) Virginia's Warbler. 

 J . in summer : Ashy-plumbeous, alike on the back, aud top and sides of head. Below duU 

 whitish, the sides shaded with ashy. Lining and edge of wings white. L^pper aud under 

 tail-coverts, aud isolated sjiot ou the breast, yellow, iu strong contrast with all surroundings. 

 A white ring round eye. Wings and tail without yellowish edgings. Crown with a chestnut 

 patch, as iu H. nificapilla. Length 4.75; extent 7.50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 2.25. $ , in 

 summer : The yellow duller and slightly tinged with greenish ; that of the breast, and the 

 chestnut of the crown, more restricted. Autumnal specimens resemble the 9 ; but in both 

 sexes the plumbeous of the upper part.s has a slight olive sli;tde, aud in birds of the year the 

 cr(_iwu-p)atch may be wanting. Southern Rocky Jit. Region ; north to Colorado, Nevada, and 

 Utah at least. Nests ou the ground, like others of the geuus ; eggs indistiuguishable from 

 those of allied .species. 



106. H. ruflcapU'la. (Lat. )■?//((,?, rufous ; capiUus, haiv.) N.^shville Warbler. (J, iu sum- 

 mer; Upper jiarts oliye-green or yellowish-olive, clearer aud brighter on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts. Top and sides of the head and neck ashy, with a veiled chestnut piatch on the 

 crowu, and a white ring round the eye. No superciliary stripe. Lores pale. Wings and tail 



