210 WARBLER. 



the wing like the back, but the others crimson ; back and rump 

 rufous brown ; tail four inches and a half long, the feathers extremely 

 narrow, weak, and ending in a point, in shape cuneiform ; the ex- 

 terior three inches and a half shorter than the middle, and these 

 longer than the next by a quarter of an inch ; the intermediate ones 

 shortening by degrees ; colour brown, margined with rufous near 

 the base; throat yellow, beneath it a velvet-like black spot, and on 

 each side of this one of white ; fore part of the neck and sides of the 

 body rufous, but the middle and under wing coverts are white ; legs 

 and toes strong, reddish blue. 



Two, supposed to be male and female, were met with in Paraguay. 

 Both sexes seemed alike ; they were leaping on the branches of a 

 Yuqueri, or Aromo,* in the middle of high bushes, and seemed to be 

 lively birds. It appears to be a beautiful species. 



280— YELLOW-SHOULDERED WARBLER. 



Le Pli de l'aisle jaune, Voy. d'Azara, iii. p. 230. 



LENGTH seven inches, extent seven. Bill black at the base, 

 the rest yellow ; plumage greenish brown, streaked with blackish, 

 appearing more green on the wings ; bend of the wing yellow ; sides 

 of the head brown; throat, neck before, and breast whitish; belly 

 rufous brown ; wings beneath pearly grey ; tail greatly cuneiform, 

 all the feathers pointed at the ends, and much worn, the two middle 

 ones most so, having nothing left at the points, but the shaft for a 

 little way, and are longer than the exterior by twenty-six lines. 



Inhabits South America ; hitherto only met with in Paraguay ; 

 seen in pairs, chiefly in moist and inundated places, and in parts 

 well covered with bushes, where it perches on the tops of the 

 branches ; it is a sedentary bird. 



* Mimosa farnesiana. 



