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SYLVIA CIIRYSOPTERA. 
garniture of plumage. The distribution of markings >' 
really similar in both sexes; but in the female tk e 
colours are paler, and green prevails, on those pa"* 9 
which, in the male, are of a dark slate colour. , 
The female of the golden-winged warbler is four a"" 
a half inches long. The hill is blackish, straight, cut''* 
rounded, and gradually tapering to a sharp point. Tk 1 ’ 
feet are brownish ash; the irides, dark brown. Tk* 
front is golden yellow; the top of the head, brig' l[ 
olive yellow; the back of the head, and superior pa rt ‘ 
of the neck and body are of a pale plumbeous hue, tk c 
feathers being tipped with yellow olive, more parti* 5 "' 
larly on the rump ; the superior tail-coverts are p* lfl ' 
pale plumbeous. A wide slate coloured stripe pass‘d 
through the eye from the hill, and dilates on the check*' 
this is margined by a white line above the eye, and k/ 
a wider one on each side of the throat. The throat J ! 
of a pale slate colour, becoming still paler on the brea*^ 
The remaining under parts are whitish, occasional 
tinged with yellow, and with slate colour on the flank®' 
The wings are of the same colour as the back, I*"' 
somewhat darker, and arc crossed by two wide baa": 
of bright yellow, formed by the tips of the first a"® 
second rows of wing-coverts. The primaries are dusk/' 
margined on the exterior web with pale, and on tk" 
inner broadly with white. The secondaries are broaM 
margined with yellow olive on the outer web, and V't" 
white on the inner web. The tail is nearly even 
tip, of a dusky plumbeous colour ; the three hit'' 1 ' 9 
feathers have a largo pure white spot on the inu« r 
weh. 
This last essential character also exists in the 
though Wilson has not mentioned it. As to the 
ners and habits ot the species, he has given us "" 
information, except that it is rare, and remains only® 
few days in Pennsylvania. He says nothing of 1 1 
female, and Vieillot never saw it. 
We regret that we are unacquainted with the fo""* 
of its nest, and tho peculiarity of its song. We . 
only state, that during its short stay in Peiinsylva" 1 "’ 
