YELLOW-THROAT WARBLER. 



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the house and winter wren, but which is not found in the 

 marsh wren ; the feathers of the lower part of the back, when 

 parted by the hand or breath, appear spotted with white, being 

 at bottom deep ash, reddish brown at the surface, and each 

 feather with a spot of white between these two colours. This, 

 however, cannot be perceived without parting the feathers. 



YELLOW-THROAT WARBLER. {Sylvia flavicollis.) 



PLATE XII.— Fig. 6. 



Yellow-throat Warbler,* Arct. Zool. p. 400, No. 286.— Catesb. i. 62.— Lath. ii. 

 437. — La Mesange grise k gorge jaune, Buff. v. 454. — La gorge jaune de St 

 Dommgue, PI. enl. 686, fig. 1. 



SYLVICOLA FLAVICOLLIS- Swainson. 

 Sylvia pensilis, Bonap. Synop. p. 79. — S. pensilis, Lath. 



The habits of this beautiful species, like those of the pre- 

 ceding, are not consistent with the shape and construction of 



* As with, many others, there has heen some confusion in the syno- 

 nyms of this species, and it has been described under different names by 

 the same authors. That of flavicollis, adopted by our author, is character- 

 istic of the markings ; whereas -pensilis of Latham and Vieillot is appli- 

 cable to the whole group ; and perhaps restoring Wilson's name will 

 create less confusion than taking one less known. The genus Sylvicola, with 

 the subgenus Vermivora, have been used by Mr Swainson to designate 

 almost all those birds in North America which will represent the Euro- 

 pean Sylviance, or warblers. They are generally of a stronger make ; 

 the bill, though slender, is more conical, and the wings have the first 

 and second quills of nearly equal length. The general dress is chaste 

 and unobtrusive ; but, at the same time, we have exceptions, showing 

 great brilliancy and beauty of colouring. Their habits are precisely the 

 same with our warblers. They frequent woods and thickets. They are 

 in constant motion, creeping and clinging about the branches, and in- 

 specting the crevices in the bark, or under sides of the leaves, in search 

 of insects. When their duties of incubation are over, they become less 

 retired, and, with their broods, assemble in the gardens and cultivated 

 grounds, where they find sustenance in the various fruits and berries. 

 The notes of all are sprightly and pleasant ; and a few possess a melody 

 hardly inferior to the best songsters of Europe. 



