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CHESNUT-SIDED WARBLER, 



the black at the lower mandible, on each side, a streak of deep 

 reddish chesnut descends along the sides of the neck, and under 

 the wings to the root of the tail; the rest of the lower parts are 

 pure white ; legs and feet ash ; bill black ; irides hazel. The fe- 

 male has the hind head much lighter, and the chesnut on the sides 

 is considerably narrower and not of so deep a tint. 



Turton and some other writers have bestowed on this little 

 bird the singular epithet of bloody-sided, for which I was at a loss 

 to know the reason, the color of that part being a plain chesnut; 

 till on examining Mr. Edwards's colored figure of this bird in the 

 public library of this city, I found its side tinged with a brilliant 

 blood color. Hence, I suppose, originated the name I 



