BIRDS OF NEW YORK 395 



Compsothljrpis americana americana (Linnaeus) 

 Parula Warbler 



Plate 94 



Parus americanus Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 1758. 1:190 

 Compsothlypis americana americana A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 

 1910. p. 309. No. 648 



compsothlypis, Gr., 5to(Ji.i}*6?, exquisite, and SXuxt?, an unknown bird 



Distinguishing characteristics. Duller than the Northern parula, 

 the dusky chest band indistinct or wanting; no conspicuous chestnut or 

 reddish on the breast; bill longer; size smaller. 



Wing cf 2.3, 9 2.18 inches; tail cf 1.68, 9 1.56; bill .44. 



According to the A. 0. U. Check List, this subspecies ranges from the 

 District of Columbia south to Alabama and Florida, wintering probably 

 in Florida and the West Indies. The subspecies grades almost imper- 

 ceptibly into the subspecies u s n e a e , but Ridgway, in his " Birds of North 

 and Middle America," part 2, page 482, states that numerous specimens 

 of the Parula warbler from Ossining and Shelter Island must be assigned 

 to the southern subspecies. It may, therefore, be considered an inhabitant 

 of New York State in the coastal district, but can be distinguished from 

 the common northern form only by careful measurement and comparison 

 with museum specimens. 



Compsothlypis americana usneae Brewster 



Northern Parula Warbler 



Compsothlypis americana usneae Brewster. Avik. Jan. 1896. 13:44 

 Sylvicola americana De Kay. Zool. N. Y. pt 2, p. 97, fig. 108 

 Compsothlypis americana usneae A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. 

 p. 309. No. 648a 



americdna, American 



Description. Upper parts ashy blue; middle of the back with a greenish 

 yellow patch; lores dusky; an incomplete eye ring; wings and tail blackish 

 but edged with the color of the upper parts; 2 broad white wing bars; 2 

 outer tail feathers with large white patches on the inner webs near the tip ; 

 throat and breast yellow; an orange brown and blackish collar band crossing 



