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SYLVICOLIDiE, WAEBLERS. GEN. 34. 



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Blue-ioinged Yellow Warbler. Crowii and entire under parts rich yellow ; 

 upper j^arts j'ellow-olive, becoming slaty-blue on the wings and tail, former 

 with two white or yellowish bars, latter with several large white blotches ; 

 bill and stri2De through eye black; 5, wing 2^, tail 2^. 9 and young not 

 very dissimilar. Eastern United States; common. The resemblance, in 

 color, between this species and the prothouotary warbler, is striking. Wils., 

 ii, 109, pi. 15; NuTT., i, 410; AuD., ii, 98, pi. Ill; Bd., 254. . pinus. 



Blue Golden-winged Warbler. $ , in spring : — slaty-blue, paler or whitish 

 below, where frequently tinged with yellowish ; crown and two wing-bars 

 rich yellow ; broad stripe on side of head through 

 eye, and largo patch on throat, black, both these 

 ^li^*^*''**s»i- bordered with white ; several tail feathers white- 

 blotched ; bill black. The back and wings are fre- 

 quently glossed with yellowish-olive, especially in 

 immature specimens, in which also the peculiar niark- 

 riG. 38. Blue Goideu-winged ^^S^ o^ ^he head and throat may be obscure. Size of 

 wariiier. jjinus. Easteru United States ; rather common, in 

 woodland, like the preceding. Wils., ii, 113, pi. 15, f. 5; Nutt., i, 411 ; 

 AuD., ii, 91, pi. 107; Bd., 255 chrysoptera. 



Bachman's Warbler. Greenish-olive, tinged with ashy on hind head; 

 under parts, forehead, chin and lesser wing coverts, j^ellow ; throat and 

 band across crown, black; outer tail feathers white-blotched. Small; 4J ; 

 wing 2 J, tail 2. An extremely rare species, confined to the South Atlantic 

 States. AuD., ii, 93, pi. 108; Bd., 255 bachsianii. 



Lucy's Warbler. Asliy-gray, below white, sometimes faintly bufFy-tinted 

 on the breast ; upper tail coverts and crown patch chestnut, the latter often 

 concealed, and wanting in the young; outer tail feathers obscurely white- 

 blotched. Very small; 4J-4J, extent 7^, wing 2^-2^, tail 1^-2, bill about 

 J ! A rare and curious species, lately discovered in Arizona ; very unlike 

 any other, and somewhat resembling a Polioptila. Colorado Valley. 

 Cooper, Proc. Gala. Acad. 1861, 120, and B. Cal. 84; Coues, Proc. 

 Acad. Philada. 1866, 35 ; Baird, Review, 178 lucije. 



Virginia's Warbler. Plumbeous, washed with greenish-olive, especially 

 in 9 and autumnal specimens ; below white, shaded on sides ; throat with a 

 yellow patch ; upper and under tail coverts yellow (entirely yellow below 

 when adult?); crown patch chestnut; a white ring around eye; 5; wing 

 2^, tail 2^. Southern Rocky Mountain region. (Colorado, abundant, 

 Ridqway; Arizona, rare, Coues.) Very near the next species! Baird, 

 B. N. A. 1860, p. xi, pi. 79, f. 1, and Rev., 177; Coop., 85. . Virginia. 



JVashville Warbler. Olive-green, brighter on rump, changing to pure 

 ash on head : below bright yellow, jjalor on belly, olive-shaded on sides ; 

 crown with a more or less concealed chestnut patch ; lores and ring round 

 eye pale ; no superciliary stripe ; ? and autumnal specimens have the head 

 glossed with olive, and the crown patch may be wanting. 4J-4| ; winw 

 2^-2i ; tail l£-2. Eastern North America, common; also, California 



