682 



YELLOW-BREASTED WARBLER. 



reddish brown: the female, which is that of the 

 Yellow-spotted Warbler of Latham, is rather less 

 than the male, and has the under parts whitish. 



YELLOW-BREASTED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Trichas.) 



Sy. olimcea, corpore subtus Jiam^ fascia oculari nigra. 

 Olive Warbler, with the body beneath yellow, and stripe through 

 the eye black. 



Sylvia Trichas. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 519. 36. — VieiL Ois, de 



VAmer, Sept. 2. 28. 

 Turdus Trichas. Liu. Si/st. Nat. 1. 293. 7. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 



1.811. 



Ficedula marylandica. Briss. Orn. 3. 506. 58. 



Le Figuier aux joues noires. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 292. 



La Fauvette aux joues noires. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer. Sept. 2. 



28. jpL 85. male. pi. 86. female. 

 Maryland Yellow-throat. Edwards. Glean.pl. 237. 

 Yellow-breasted Warbler. Pen. A^'ct. Zool. 2. 283. — Lath. Gen» 



Syn. 4. 43S. 32. 

 p.Jascia transversa capitis albafjemoribus crissoque aurantiis. 

 With a transverse white stripe on the head, and the thighs and 



vent orange. 



La Fauvette h poitrine jaune de la Louisiane. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 5. 162.— Buff. PL E7il. 709./ 2. 

 Orange-thighed Warbler. Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 284. 

 Yellow-breasted Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 439. 32. a. 



This elegant species, which inhabits various 

 parts of North America, is subject to slight varia- 

 tions in its plumage : it is of a small size, only 

 measuring five inches in length: its beak is brown: 



