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Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 44, pi. 85.— Nuttall, Man. Orn. U. S. and 

 Canada, 2d ed., i, 1840, 424.— Hoy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., vi, 1853, 311 

 (Wisconsin).— Willis, Ann. Rep. Smithson. Inst, for 1858 (1859), 282 (Nova 

 Scotia).— Bryant, Proc. Bost. Sop. N. H., vii, 1859, 110 (Bahamas ).—Bbbweb, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307 (Cuba).— Albbeoht, Journ. fiir Orn., 

 1861, 53 (Bahamas). 



[Sylvicola] maritima Bonaparte, Oonsp. Av., i, 1850, 307. 



Certhiola maritima Gosse, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 87; Illustr. Birds Jam., 1849, 

 pi. 17. 



M\nwtilta\ maritima Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



Mniotilta maritima Cabot, Naumannia, ii. Heft, iii, 1852, 66 (Lake Superior). 



Rhimamphm ma,ritimus Gundlaoh, Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 474 (Cuba); 1861, 409 

 (do.). 



DENDROICA CARBONATA (Audubon). 



CARBONATED WARBLER, 



Apparently resembling D. tigrina, but differing in having no cin- 

 namon-rufous on sides of head, no white spots on inner webs of lateral 

 rectrices(?), and in having the greater wing-coverts tipped with j'ellow 

 instead of edged with whitish. 



^^ Young male. — Bill of ordinary length, nearly straight, subulate- 

 conical, acute, nearly as deep as broad at the base, the edges acute, the 

 gap line slightly deflected at the base. Nostrils basal, lateral, ellip- 

 tical, half-closed by a membrane. Head rather small. Neck short. 

 Body slender. Feet of ordinary length, slender; tarsus longer than 

 the middle toe, covered anteriorlj'^ by a few scutella, acutely edged 

 behind; toes scutellate above, the inner free, the hind toe of moderate 

 size; claws slender, compressed, acute, arched. Plumage soft, blended, 

 tufty. Wings of ordinary length, acute, the second quill longest. 

 Tail short, notched. 



"Carbonated Warbler, Sylvia oarionata, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i, 

 p. 308. 



" Bill brownish-black above, light blue beneath. Iris hazel. Feet 

 light flesh-color. Upper part of the head black. Fore part of the 

 back, lesser wing-coverts, and sides dusky, spotted with black. Lower 

 back dull yellowish-green, as is the tail, of which the outer web of 

 the outer feather is whitish. Tips of the second row of coverts white, 

 of the first row yellow; quills dusky, their outer webs tinged with 

 yellow. A line from the lore over the eye, sides of the neck, and the 

 throat bright yellow. A dusky line behind the eye. The rest of the 

 under parts dull yellow, excepting the sides. 



"Length, 41 inches; bill along the ridge five-twelfths, along the 

 gap seven-twelfths; tarsus three-fourths.'". 



Kentucky (Henderson, May, 18H). 



This bird continues to be known only from Audubon's description 

 and colored plate. 



'Audubon, Birds of America, oct. ed., ii, 1841, 95. 



