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HALF-COLLARED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia semitorquata.) 



SY.Jusca subtus dilute cinerea, vertice Jlamcante olivaceo, stria 

 pone oculos cinerea, tectricibus alarum remigibusque Juscis, rec- 

 tricibus cinereus acutis, lateribus intus albis. 



Brown Warbler, beneath pale grey, with the crown olive yel- 

 low ; stripe behind the eyes ash-coloured ; the wing-coverts 

 and quills brown ; the tail-feathers acute and cinereous, the 

 outer ones white within. 



Sylvia semitorquata. Lath, hid, Orn, 2. 542. 129. — Vieil. Ois. 

 de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 



Motacilla semitorquata. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1, gf2. 



Figuier k demi-coUier. Buf. Hist, Nat, Ois. 5. 3l6. 



La Fauvette ^ demi-collier. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 43. 



Half-collared Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool 2. 410. 311. — Lath. 

 Gen. Syn. 4. 494. 124. 



Inhabits Louisiana : length four inches and a 

 half : beak dusky above and whitish beneath : 

 crown yellowish olive : behind the eyes a stripe 

 of cinereous : upper parts of the plumage brown ; 

 wing-coverts the same, edged with yellow: pri- 

 maries and secondaries brown, the former edged 

 with whitish, and the latter with olive, and 

 tipped with white : the lower part of the neck 

 with a yellow stripe like a half collar : under parts 

 of the body pale cinereous, the belly inclining to 

 yellow: tail ash-coloured; the four outer feathers 

 edged with white on the inner margins, all the 

 feathers pointed : legs dusky. 



