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the neck bright yellow; the fore part of the neck, anterior part of the sides, 

 and some spots on the hind parts of the latter, black; the rest of the lower 

 parts white, partially tinged with yellow; quills and tail-feathers brownish- 

 black; secondary coverts and first row of small coverts largely tipped with 

 white, quills margined with greyish-white, as are the tail-feathers, of which 

 the greater part of the outer three, and a patch on the inner web of the fourth, 

 are white. Female with the upper parts similar, b*it with less yellow on the 

 forehead; ear-coverts greenish; the yellow band over the eye less bright, the 

 yellow on the sides of the neck of less extent; the lower parts dull yellowish- 

 white, the sides streaked with dusky. 



Male, 4j§, wing, 2\. Female, 4j=, wing, gf|. 



From Texas to Newfoundland. Abundant. Migratory. 



CAPE MAY WOOD-WARBLER. 



Sylvicola maritima, Wits. 



PLATE LXXXV.— Male and Female. 



Of this beautiful species, which was first described by Wilson, very little 

 is known. It seems to pass rapidly through our Middle Districts in May. 

 I have never met with a single bird of this kind on my rambles, and am in- 

 debted for the fine specimens of both sexes in my possession, and from which 

 I drew the figures in the plate, to my generous friend Edward Harris, Esq. 

 of Moorcstown, New Jersey, who procured them, with several others, in that 

 district. 



Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 99. 

 Sylvia maritima, Bonap. Syn., p. 79. 



Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 15G. 

 Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. v. p. 156. 



Wings pointed, first quill longest, the second a quarter of a twelfth shorter, 

 the third a twelfth shorter; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper 

 part of the head and fore part of the back yellowish-olive, streaked with 

 black; the rump, throat, and a collar scarcely meeting behind, yellow; ear- 

 coverts and a band over the eye yellowish-red, loral space paler; a white 

 patch on the wing, formed by the first row of small coverts and the outer 



