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NASHVILLE WARBLER. 



>r (Sylvia leucogastra.) 



Sy. olivaceo-Jlam cinereo mriegatis, subtus, uropygio tectricibus^ 

 que caudcB Jlavis, ventre albo, vertice maculis spadiceis, cauda 

 subfurcata. 



Olive-yellow Warbler, varied with ash, with the under parts, 

 rump, and tail- coverts, yellow ; the belly white ; the crown with 

 chesnut spots ; and the tail slightly forked. 



Sylvia ruficapilla. Wils. Amer, Orn. 3. 120. 



Nashville Warbler. Wils, Amer. Orii, 3. XIQ.pl. xxYU.y, 3. 



Length four inches and a half: beak dusky 

 ash : irides hazel : upper parts of the head and 

 neck pale ash, inclining to olive : crown spotted 

 with patches of deep chesnut : orbits of the eye 

 pale yellow : back yellow-olive, slightly striped 

 with ash : rump and tail-coverts rich yellow-olive : 

 wings nearly black, broadly edged with olive : the 

 under parts of the body bright yellow, except the 

 middle of the belly, which is white : tail slightly 

 forked, and dark olive : legs pale ash : feet dirty 

 yellow. Inhabits North America. 



