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having only about a third of its basal length black. 
The female above is of a yellowish-green, shading 
on the sides of the neck and breast into yellow- 
ish-wbite, which covers all the under parts, 
becoming pale yellow on the flanks and under 
tail coverts, and nearly pure white in the centre 
of the belly, in all relieved with narrow brownish 
streaks along the shaft of each feather. The 
black mark between the rictus and the eye is 
indicated by ash gray; the wings are brownish- 
black, shaded with ash gray, and a tinge of 
yellowish-green on the greater covers, having 
the quills edged with a broader margin of grayish- 
white ; the tail is yellowish-green at the base, 
becoming gradually darker towards the junction 
with the yellow, where it is almost black ; the 
distribution of the yellow is nearly similar to that 
in the male, but the dark extends on the outer 
webs nearer the tips, and causes the separation 
of the colours to appear more irregular. 
SYLVIAD2E. 
We next enter a family of smaller species, 
abounding in numbers, and extremely interesting, 
whether we regard the modifications of their 
form, or the manner in which many of them 
become familiarized and associated with man in 
his outdoor occupations. A very great propor- 
tion of our native members are migratory, and 
they change, during the spring and summer 
