742 



YELLOW WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Trochilus.) 



Sy. cinereo'mrens, alls subtus rectricibusque Jlavescentibus^ super- 

 ciliis luteis. 



Grey-green Warbler, with the wings beneath and quills yel- 

 lowish^ the eyebrows yellow, 



Sylvia Trochilus. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 550. 155. 



Motacilla Trochilus. Lin, Syst. Nat. 1. 338. 49. — Lin. Faun, 

 Suec, 264. — Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1. QQ5. 



Asilus. Briss. Orn. 3. 479. 45. — Raii. Syn. 80. A. lO.^WilL 

 Ang. 228. 



Le Pouillot. Btif. Hist. Nat. Ois, 5. 344. 



Yellow Wren. Pen. Brit. Zool. 1. 151. — Pen. Arct. Zool. 2. 



319. — White. Hist. Selb. p. 28. and 55. — Hayes. Brit. Birds. 



pi. 38. — Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 512. 14/. — Lath. Syn. Sup. //, 



238. 7. — Don. Brit. Birds. 1. pi. 14. — Letvin. Brit. Birds. 3. 



pi. 113. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Sup. — Bemck. Birds. 



1. 222. 



The Willow or Yellow Warbler weighs rather 

 more than two drams and a half : its length is five 

 inches and a quarter: the beak is dusky above 

 and yellowish beneath : irides hazel : the whole 

 of the upper parts of the plumage are of a greenish 

 yellow-brown : the quills are dusky brown, edged 

 with yellow ; their coverts are yellow : the under 

 parts of the plumage are white, tinged with yel- 

 low : on the hresst are a few yellow streaks : thighs 

 yellow: tail similar to the quills, slightly edged 

 with yellow : over the eye a faint yellow streak : 

 legs light brown : the female can scarcely be dis? 



