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prairies, in the barrens of Kentucky, and in Louisiana, excepting in the 

 swamps, it being more inclined to grow in dry soil and stiff grounds. 



Prairie Warbler, Sylvia minula, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. iii. p. 87. 

 Sylvia discolor, Bonap. Syn., p. 83. 



Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 294. 

 Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 76. 



Wings rather short, with the outer four quills nearly equal, the second 

 and third longest; tail emarginate and rounded. Male with the upper parts 

 yellowish-green, the back spotted with chestnut-red; lower parts, and a band 

 over the eye, bright yellow; two bands of dull yellow on the wing; outer 

 four tail-feathers with a white patch on the inner web; a small streak before 

 and behind the eye, one on the cheek, a spot on the side of the neck, and 

 oblong markings on the sides, black. Female similar, but paler, especially 

 beneath, and without the black streaks on the side of the head. 



Male, 5, 7. 



From Texas to Massachusetts. Migratory. Abundant. 



BLUE-MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 



SVLVICOLA MONTANAj Wils. 



PLATE XC VIII.— Male. 



It is somewhat strange, that among the numerous species of birds that visit 

 the United States, a few should have been met with only in rare instances. 

 The present Warbler is in this predicament, as it does not appear that many 

 specimens have been obtained excepting that from which this figure and 

 description were taken. For many years I never met with Bewick's Wren, 

 which is now, however, known to be abundant on the mountains of Virginia, 

 and elsewhere in our Middle and Southern Districts, and still more so along 

 the Columbia river. The same was the case with Henslow's Bunting, which 

 has become a common bird in the State of New Jersey, where it breeds, and 

 in South Carolina and the Floridas, where it spends the winter. Of Town- 

 send's Bunting the only specimen as yet procured is in my possession; and 



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