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have the ends yellowish, forming a bar; from the nostrils through the 

 eye, a yellow streak ; under the eye a broad black patch ; on each 

 side of the neck two or three spots of black; all beneath from the 

 chin fine yellow, much paler at the vent ; tail even, dusky, the outer 

 feather white, but down the shaft black, enlarging quite to the tip ; 

 the second much the same, but the white begins a little way from 

 the base ; third the same, but the white does not reach more than 

 half way, and none of the end white ; the rest of the feathers of one 

 colour; quills dusky fringed with greenish on the margins; legs 

 dark. 



Inhabits Georgia in the summer, but is a rare bird. Described 

 from a specimen sent by Mr. Abbot, and called the Yellow Warbler. 



According to the Amer. Omith. this bird makes a very delicate 

 pensile nest, generally hung on the fork of a low bush, or thicket, 

 formed of green moss, mixed with bits of rotten wood, and cater- 

 pillars silk, lined with fine fibres of Grape Vine Bark, the whole 

 weighing scarcely a quarter of an ounce : the eggs white, with a 

 few brown spots at the larger end. Is migratory, and departs in 

 October, southward ; is not a very shy species ; the food is small 

 caterpillars, and winged insects. 



199.— NEW-YORK WARBLER. 



Sylvia Noveboracensis, Ind. Orn. ii. 518. 



Motacilla Noveboracensis, Gm. Lin. i. 958. 



La Fauvette tachetee, Buf. v. 161. PL enl. 752. 1. 



New-York Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 436. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 308. Shaw's Zool. x. 681. 



LENGTH about six inches. Bill slender, longish, and black ; 

 plumage above olive brown, mixed with ash-colour; over the eye, 

 from the nostrils, a streak of yellow; beneath, from chin to vent, 

 pale yellow, streaked on the sides of the jaws, and particularly on 

 the breast, with black ; likewise on the sides, somewhat in the 



