BLUE MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 
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Th’ 
iticlies and a half long, and six 
loii- ^ extent ; front line over the eye, and whole 
Oq rt’’ parts, yellow, brightest over the eye, and dullest 
oliy”® oheeks, belly, and vent, where it is tinged with 
Upper parts, olive green; wings and tail, dusky 
C(,l the former very short ; legs and bill, llosh 
irij, erowu, covered with a patch of deep black ; 
the eye, hazel. 
is without the black crown, having that 
lof ^^/hiH yellow olive, and is frequently mistaken 
distinct species. 
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TIQRJNA, LATHASf. — STLriA MOyTA/TAf WILSOK. 
JJLUE MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE XLIV. FIG. 11. — MALE. 
T 
ne,y species was first discovered near that 
ii4^“'‘atcd ridge, or range of mountains, with ndiose 
'*arn ^ ^'ave honoured it. Several of tliese solitary 
lijj,i,J'*r.s remain yet to be gleaned up from tlie airy 
ttce uur ali)iue scenery, as well as from the 
***** uur swamps and morasses, whither it is my 
to pursue them by every oiiporlunity. Some of 
Vinp*!’ I believe, rarely or never visit the lower eulti- 
uf the countr}'; but seem only at home 
glooms and silence of those dreary solitudes. 
Of (,,P''osent species seems of that family, or subdivision 
Vt(,j,*a."'arblers, that approach the flycatcher, (hirting 
''Hli 'vherever they see them, and .also searching 
p'oat aetivdty among the leaves. Its song was a 
*crecp, three or four times repeated, 
lewj* species is four inches and three quarters in 
the upper parts, a rich )’'ellow olive; front, 
and chin, yellow, also the sides of the neck ; 
^'•skv '^olly, pale yellow, streaked with black or 
tecoQ i’ ^®ut, plain pale yellow ; wings, black ; first and 
Hi( * ’’uu' of coverts, broadly tipt with pale yellowish 
Mtk ,*®rtlals the satne ; the rest of the (piills edged 
''hitish; tail, black, handsomely rounded, edged 
