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SYLVIA AGILIS. 
and tail, black ; the former crossed with two bats 
white, and edffed with blue ; the latter marked on 1“^ 
inner webs of the three exterior fcatliers with whW®’ , 
circumstance common to a ifreat number of the j 
immediately above and below the eye, is a small 
of white ; the upper mandible is black ; the lowcf’ 
well as the whole throat and breast, rich yellow, d^*f 
ening about its middle to orange red, and mark6*^w 
the throat with a small crescent of black; on the 
of the breast is a slight touch of rufous; belly 
vent, white ; legs, dark brown ; feet, dirty yel^®M 
The female wants both the black and orange on * 
throat and breast ; the blue, on the upper parts, is ^ 
of a duller tint. 
128 . SYLFJA AGILISf WILSON. — CONNECTICUT WARBLE^^' 
WILSON, PLATE NXXIX. FIG. IV. 
This is a now species, first discovered in the statfL 
Connecticut, and twice since met with in the neit?^ 
bourhood of Philadelphia. As to its notes or nesb , 
am altogether unacquainted with them. The 
specimens I have shot corresponded very nearly 
their markings ; two of these were males, and the 
undetermined, but conjectured also to be a male, 
was found in every case among low thickets, % 
seemed more than commonly active, not remaining ' ■ 
a moment in the same position. In some of my f"* 
rambles I may learn more of this solitary species. .^|,i 
Length, five inches and three quarters ; e.xtent, r'r 
’ ...... y in?' 
inches; whole upper parts, a rich yellow olive ; 
dusky brown, edged with olive; throat, dirty whit®* 
pale ash ; upper part of the breast, dull greenish y® j „ir. 
rest of the lower parts, a pure rich yellow ; legs, w 
slender, and of a pale flesh colour ; round the e} 
narrow ring of yellowish white ; upper mandible, r 
brown ; lower, n hitisb ; eye, dark hazel. . 
Since Avriting the above, I have shot two speej®’j|,i' 
of a bird which, in every particular, agrees with 
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