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GREENISH WARBLER. 



kinds, particularly those of the ivy, upon which it 

 feeds upon its first arrival, if there be not a suf- 

 ficient supply of insects, which are its principal 

 food. 



GREENISH WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia virescens.) 



Sy. Jusco-mrescens, pileo nigricante, cermce cinereo, superciliis 



albis, alis caudaque nigricantibus. 

 Brown-green Warbler, with the top of the head dusky, the nape 



ash-coloured, the eyebrows white, and the wings and tail 



dusky. 



Sylvia virescens. Vieil. Ois. de V Amer, Sept, 2. 40. 



Sylvia atricapilla. ^. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 5CQ. 6. 



Fauvette verdatre de la Louisiane. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 5. 162. 



— Vieil. Ois. de I' Amer. Sept. 2. 40. 

 Black-cap Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. A. Al'j. c. 



This equals the Black-cap in size : its beak is 

 dusky : eyebrows white : the top of the head 

 dusky : the hind part of the neck is deep ash ; 

 the sides and back pale brown, tinged with green : 

 the wings and tail green-brown : throat white : 

 rest of the under parts grey. Inhabits Louisiana. 



