188 WARBLER. 



the last ; the rest of the under parts rufous, growing yellow at the 

 vent; under wing coverts yellow, mixed with brown ; quills brown, 

 the secondaries edged with olive, and the greater with pale grey ; 

 growing paler the more they are outward, the exterior quite white ; 

 tail feathers brown, edged with olive; legs yellowish brown. 

 Inhabits Louisiana. 



248.— PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 



Sylvia Protonotarius, Ind. Orn. ii. 542. Vieill. Am. ii. pi. 83. 

 Motacilla Protonotarius, Gm. Lin. i. 972. 

 Parus aureus alis ca;ruleis, Bartr. Trav. 290 ? 

 Le Figuier Protonotaire, Buf. v. 316. 



a ventre et tete jaunes, PI. enl. 704. 2. 

 Prothonotary Warbler, Gen. Syn.vr. 494. Id. Sup. ii. 242. Arct. Zool. ii. No. 310. 

 Amer.'Orn. iii. pi. 24. 3. Shaw's Zool. x. 642. 



LENGTH four inches and three quarters. Bill rather long, black ; 

 irides dark hazel ; head, neck, breast, and belly fine jonquil yellow ; 

 back the same, inclining to olive ; rump ash-colour ; vent white ; 

 quills and tail blackish ; the four middle feathers of the latter of one 

 colour, the two outer white within, except at the tip, the rest black ; 

 the third the same, but the white occupies less space ; and the fourth 

 wholly black, except a white spot in the middle of the inner web ; 

 the tail one inch and three quarters long, and the wings reach very 

 little beyond the rump ; the under tail coverts elongated almost to 

 the tip of the tail ; legs black. 



The female differs, in having the colours less vivid ; the young 

 birds, as soon as full fledged, have the bright colours of the male. 



Inhabits Louisiana, and Georgia ; at the former called Protono- 

 taire, at the latter, The Gold Bird, but is not a common Species. 

 According to Mr. Abbot, it is five inches long, and nine in extent; 

 frequents the swamps only, in the summer about the lakes and waters; 



