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TENNESEE WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia peregrina.) 



Sy. olivaceo-Jlava suhtus alba, genis pileoque pallide cceruleis^ 



siiperciliis Jtavis, caudajurcata, 

 Olive-yellow Warbler, beneath white^ with the cheeks and top 



of the head pale blueish, the eyebrows yellow, and the tail 



forked. 



Sylvia peregrina. Wils. Amer, Orn, 3. 83. 



Tennesee Warbler. Wils, Amer, Orn, 383. p/. xxy.J] 2. 



The back, lesser wing-coverts, rump, and tail- 

 coverts of this bird, are of a rich yellow olive : 

 wings deep dusky, broadly edged with yellow 

 olive : cheeks and upper part of the head light 

 blueish, tinged with olive : line from the nostrils 

 over the eye pale yellow, fading to white : throat 

 and breast pale cream-colour : belly and vent 

 white : tail forked, olive, shaded with dusky : beak 

 strong, the upper mandible dusky, the lower pale : 

 irides hazel : legs purplish brown : the female less 

 brilliant in colour. Inhabits the Tennesee country^ 

 in North America. 



