FEMALE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER. 103 
^ Op, marked by four yellowish- white spots on the 
■''ti'tior, and by two larger ones on the inner web. 
the specimen of the rocky mountain antcatclier we 
e describing, is a male, shot in the month of July, and 
Possibly n 0 t adult. As it is the only one brought by 
a JW Long’s party, we cannot determine the extent or 
a al ure of the variations the species may undergo from 
°^, sex i or season. 
v . “e note of this bird is peculiar, resembling the harsh 
r 0lCe of the terns. It inhabits the steril country 
, 1 “'■dering, on the river Arkansaw, in the neighbour- 
0| °°d of the Rocky Mountains, where it is frequently 
l.f 'vt-d hoppiim on the ground, or flitting among the 
an< =hes, and weather-beaten, half-reclining trunks of 
nicies 0 f juniper : when it flies among the crooked 
' os of this tree, it spreads its tail considerably, but was 
i n Ver seen to climb. They were generally observed 
t() s *hall associations of five or six individuals, perhaps 
^Posing single families. 
GENUS XU. — SYLVIA, Linn^us. 
21. SLYriA CURYSOPTERA , LATHAM- 
EEMALE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, TENNANT. 
BONAPARTE, PLATE I. FIG. III. 
v. female of this pretty little warbler, hitherto 
a ^ n 0\vn to any naturalist, is now described for the 
1 time. For the opportunity, we are indebted to 
p Titian Peale, who shot it on the 24th of May, near 
r^hden. New Jersey; and, with liis usual kindness 
* 1 ! Ze al for natural history, communicated it to us lot 
Work. 
This little warbler differs so materially from its mate, 
1 to require a distinct description, in order to be recog- 
IZe d; yet we cannot fail to perceive a kind of family 
Semblance between the sexes; and, by comparing 
I , e two descriptions, our readers will agree with us 
they are hut one and the same species, in a different 
