370 CONNECTICUT WARBLER. 
or] 
CONNECTICUT WARBLER.—SYLVIA AGILIS. —Fie. 169. 
SYLVICOLA AGILIS. —Jarvixe.* 
Sylvia agilis, Bonap. Synop. p. 84; Nomenclature, p. 163. 
Turis is a new species, first discovered in the state of Connecticut, 
and twice since met with in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. As to 
its notes or nest, [ am altogether unacquainted with them. The differ- 
ent specimens I have shot corresponded very nearly in their markings ; 
two of these were males, and the other undetermined, but conjectured 
also to be a male. It was found in every case among low thickets, 
but seemed more than commonly active, not remaining for a moment 
in the same position. In some of my future rambles I may learn more 
of this solitary species. 
Length, five inches and three quarters ; extent, eight inches; whole 
upper parts, a rich yellow olive; wings, dusky brown, edged with 
olive; throat, dirty white, or pale ash; upper part of the breast, dull 
greenish yellow; rest of the lower parts, a pure rich yellow; legs, 
long, slender, and of a pale flesh color; round the eye, a narrow ring 
of yellowish white; upper mandible, pale brown; lower, whitish; eye, 
dark hazel. 
Since writing the above, I have shot two specimens of a bird, which 
1n every particular agrees with the above, except in having the throat 
of a dull buff color, instead of pale ash; both of these were females ; 
and I have little doubt but they are of the same species with the pres- 
ent, as their peculiar activity seemed exactly similar to the males 
above described. 
These birds do not breed in the lower parts of Pennsylvania, though 
they probably may be found in summer in the Alpine swamps and 
northern regions, in company with a numerous class of the same tribe 
that breed in these unfrequented solitudes. 
* According to Bonaparte, this is a new species liscovered by Wilson. Com- 
paratively little is known regarding it — Ep. 
