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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSEBES— OSCINES. 
102. H. chrysop'tera. (Gr. xp^f^os, chriisos, golden, and irrcpov, pteron, wing.) Blue Golden- 
winged Warbler. $ , adult: Upper parts slaty-blue, or fine bluish-gray; crown, and large 
wing-patch formed by confluent wing-bars, rich yellow ) a broad stripe on side of head and 
patch on chin, throat and fore-breast, black, the eye-stripe bordered above and below with 
white; under parts generally, excepting the black breast-plate, white, often tinted with yellow- 
ish, and shaded on the sides with ashy. Exposed surfaces of wings and tail like upper parts ; 
great white blotches on three lateral tail-feathers; bill black; feet dark. 9 and immature 
specimens have the back more or less glossed with yellowish -olive ; the yellow of the crown 
obscured with greenish; the black eye-stripe and breast-plate veiled with gray tips of the 
feathers, or not at all evident. Size of H. pinus. A beautiful species, common in Eastern 
United States and Canada ; migratory, breeding anywhere in its United States range ; nest and 
eggs like those of H. pinus. 
103. H. bacli'mani. (To Rev. John Bachman, of S. C.) Bachman's Warbler. $ : Upper 
parts yellowish-olive, including sides of head and neck, tinged with ashy on the hind head ; 
forehead and under parts bright yellow ; a band on the vertex separating yellow front from 
ashy occiput, and the throat and fore breast, black, this breast-plate isolated in yellow sur- 
roundings. Wings dusky, glossed with the color of the back on all the exposed surface. 
Two or three outer tail-feathers white-blotched. Small; length 4.50; wing 2.35; tail 2.00. 
South Atlantic States, extremely rare, only known to occur in South Carolina, Georgia, and 
Cuba. 
104. H. lu'ciae. (To Miss Lucy Baird, daughter of Prof. S. F. Baird.) Lucy's Warbler. 
9 1 adult : Clear ashy-gray. Beneath w^hite, with a faint tinge of buff on the breast. A 
rich chestnut patch on the crown, and upper tail-coverts of the same color. A white eye-ring. 
Quills and tail-feathers edged with the color of the back or whitish. Lateral tail-feather with 
an obscure whitish patch. Lining of wing white. Feet dull leaden-olive. Iris dark brown 
or black. Length 4.33-4.66; extent 7.00-7-50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 1.75-2.00; tarsus 
0.66; bill 0.25-0.33. Young: Lack the chestnut of the cro\vn, though that of the rump is 
present. The throat and breast are milk-white, without the ochrey tinge of the adults ; the 
wing-coverts are edged with pale rufous. The chestnut upper tail-coverts, and absence of any 
trace of olivaceous or yellowish coloration, distinguish this interesting species, the general 
superficial aspect of which is quite like that of 2^ Polioptila. Valley of the Colorado and Gila; 
not yet known except from Arizona. The exceptional nidification of this species of the genus 
(Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 493) has been confirmed: nest in crevice behind bark of a, tree or bush, 
such as a wren might select ; eggs 4, not peculiar, being white dotted with reddish. 
105. H. virgin'iae. (To Mrs. Virginia Anderson, wife of the discoverer.) Virginia's Warbler. 
^, in summer: Ashy-plumbeous, alike on the back, and top and sides of head. Below dull 
whitish, the sides shaded with ashy. Lining and edge of wings white. Upper and under 
tail-coverts, and isolated spot on the breast, yellow, in strong contrast with all surroundings. 
A white ring round eye. Wings and tail without yellowish edgings. Crown with a chestnut 
patch, as in H. ruficapilla. Length 4.75; extent 7.50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 2.25. 9 , in 
summer : The yellow duller and slightly tinged with greenish ; that of the breast, and the 
chestnut of the crown, more restricted. Autunmal specimens resemble the 9 5 l^ut in both 
sexes the plumbeous of the upper parts has a slight olive shade, and in birds of the year the 
crown-patch may be wanting. Southern Rocky Mt. Eegion ; north to Colorado, Nevada, and 
Utah at least. Nests on the ground, like others of the genus ; eggs indistinguishable from 
those of allied species. 
106. H. ruficapilla. (Lat. rw/ws, rufous ; capillus, hair.) Nashville Warbler. ^, in sum- 
mer : Upper parts olive-green or yellowish-olive, clearer and brighter on the rump and upper 
tail-coverts. Top and sides of the head and neck ashy, with a veiled chestnut patch on the 
crown, and a white ring round the eye. No superciliary stripe. Lores pale. Wings and tail 
