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U. S. P, K. E. EXP AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENEEAL EEPOET. 



MYIODIOCTES MITRATUS, Audubon. 



Hooded Warbler. 



Motacilla mitrata, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 977. 



Sylvia mitrata, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 528.— Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 23 ; pi. Ixxvii.— Bonap. Obs. 



1826, No. 125.— Nhttall, Man. I, 1832,373.— Audubon, Orn. Biog. II, 1&34', 68 ; pi 110. 

 Sylvania mitrata, Nuttall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 333. 

 Selophaga mitrata, Jard. ed. Wilson, 1832. — Gray, Genera, 28. 

 Wilsonia mitrata, Bonap. List, 18 --8. 



Myiodioctes mitralus, Aud, Syn. 1839, 48, (type.)— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 12 ; pi. 71.— BoiJap. Consp. 1850, 315. 

 Myioctonm mitratus, Cabanis, Mus. Hein, 1851, 18. (Type.)— Ib. Journ. Orn. Ill, 1855,472, (Cuba.) 

 Muscieapa cucullata, Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1611, 101 ; pi. xxvi, f. 3. (Not Sylvia cucullata, Lath.) 

 MusHcapa selbyi, Aud. Orn. Biog. 1, 1831, 46 ; pi. 9. (Young.) 



Sp. Ch. — Male.—Biil black ; feet pale yellow. Head and neck all round and fore part of the breast black. A broad patch 

 on the forehead extending round on the entire cheeks and ear coverts, with the under parts bright yellow. Upper parts and 

 sides of the body olive green. Greater portion of inner web of three outer tail feathers white. 



Female similar ; the crown like the back ; the forehead yellowish ; the sides of the head yellow, tinged with olive on the 

 lores and ear coverts. 



Length, 5 ; wing, 2.75 ; tail, 2.55. (Skin.) 



Hab. — Eastern United States to the Missouri ; south to Guatemala. 



The bill, tbougli sylvicoline, is broad at tbe base and depressed, with prominent bristles. 

 The wings are long and pointed, though the first primary is nearly .15 shorter than the second 

 or longest. The tail is slightly graduated. 



An immature male differs from that described above by having the black of the head restricted 

 to a margin of the yellow on the top and sides, and a faint indication of the same on the throat. 



As a general thing the yellow of the under coverts is not so intense as that of the belly, and 

 the feathers of the lores are tipped with black. The width of the yellow forehead varies, being 

 sometimes nearly eqnal to the black, sometimes one-half only. 



List of specimens. 



