WARBLER. 153 



manner of the Titlark ; on the chin a few specks of black ; down 

 the middle of the belly plain yellow; quills and tail plain brown ; 

 legs pale brown. 



Inhabits New York and Louisiana ; seen frequently about the 

 hedges, and appears at times gregarious; not uncommon in Georgia, 

 and called there the Little Brown Thrush. 



200— SPOTTED YELLOW WARBLER. 



Sylvia tigrina, hid. Orn. ii. 537. Vieill. Am. ii. p. 34. pi. 94. 



Motacilla tigrina, Gm. Lin. i. 985. 



Ficedula Canadensis fusca, Bris. iii 515. t. 27. 4. Id. 8vo. i. 451. 



Le Figuier tachete de jaune, Biif. v. 293. 



Spotted yellow Flycatcher, Edw. pi. 257. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 302. 



Spotted yellow Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 482 — the male. Shaw's Zool. x. 738. 



LENGTH four inches and a half Bill dusky; plumage above 

 brown, and feathers margined with olive ; behind each eye a large 

 rufous spot; under parts and rump yellow, marked with small 

 blackish spots on the neck and breast; the lower belly, thighs, and 

 under tail coverts, dirty yellowish white ; across the greater wing 

 coverts a band of white; quills and tail fringed outwardly with olive 

 green ; the last a trifle forked, the two outer feathers whitish on the 

 outer webs, near the tips; legs brown. 



A. — Ficedula Dominicensis fusca, Bris. iii. 513. t. 28. f. 5. Id. 8vo. i. 450. Gen. 

 Syn. iv. 483. 106. Var. A— female. 



This is like the last, but paler; under parts whitish, and the 

 breast spotted with brown ; the white band on the wings wanting. 



The first of these birds said to be found in Canada, the other in 

 St. Domingo, but as both have been taken on board a ship between 

 these places, it is probable that they migrate alternately from one to 

 the other, and that they differ only in sex. 



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