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YELLOW-BACKED WARBLER^ 

 (Sylvia Americana.) 



Sy, cinereo'Ccsrulea, axillis olivaceo luteis, gula pectoreque flmis, 

 abdomine tectricumque alarum apice albis, caudce apice pallido. 



Grey-blue Warbler, with the axillae of an olive yellow; the 

 throat and breast yellow ; the abdomen and tips of the wing- 

 coverts white ; and the tip of the tail pale. 



Sylvia americana. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 520. 40. 



Sylvia torquata. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer, Sept, 2. 38. 



Motacilla americana. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 960. 



Yellow-backed Warbler. Lath, Gen. Syn, 4. 440. 36. 



La Fauvette ^ collier. Vieil, Ois. de VAmer, Sept, 2. 38. pL 99. 



The Yellow-backed Warbler inhabits America: 

 its beak and legs are pale brown : the head, hind 

 part of the neck, and back, cinereous blue : be- 

 tween the shoulders olive yellow: tips of the wing- 

 coverts white, exhibiting a bar of that colour : throat 

 and breast yellow: belly white: tip of the tail pale. 



FLAXEN warbler. 



(Sylvia subflava.) 



SX'Jusca, subtus alba, cauda cuneiformi. 



Brown Warbler, beneath white, with the tail wedged. 



Sylvia subflava. Lath, Ind, Orn, 2. 535. 102. 



Motacilla subflava. Gmel, Syst. Nat, 1. 982. 



Figuier bloud du Senegal. Buf. PI, Enl. 5S4.f. 2. 



Figuier k ventre gris du Senegal. Biiffl PL Enl. 584,/. 3. 



Flaxen Warbler. Lath. Gen, Syn, 4. 478. 98. 



