106 
SYLVIA MARITIMA. 
the Cape May from all other resembling species c 
North American warblers. 
Wilson has given no information relative to the hist° f ' 
and habits of this species, having never procured 
than a male specimen ; and we have equally to regf 1 ' ' 
that, liavi rig obtained but a single female, we are unal" 
to supply the deficiency, even in regard to its song, j 
The female Cape May warbler is four inches al *. 
three quarters long, and more than eight in estf" 
The bill is slender, delicate, and slightly curved, b<’ |,; ' 
black, as well as the feet. The irides are dark bro" ’ 1 ' 
the upper part of the head, olive cinereous, each feat l' 1 
having a small blackish spot on the middle. A yell* j 
line extends from the bill over the eye, and is prolong 
in an obsolete trace around the auditory region, the 1 ] 11 , 
returning to the corner of the mouth. A blackish 1' ^ 
passes through the eye, which is circumscribed bf 
whitish circle ; the cheeks are dull cinereous, with v e, 'j 
small pale spots ; the upper parts of the neck and * 
the body are olive cinereous, tinged with more cinere® 
on the neck, and with yellow olive on the rump. 1 
chin is whitish ; the throat, breast, and flanks a ’ ( 
whitish, slightly tinged with yellowish, each feat!' 1 !, 
having a blackish spot on the middle ; the belly f 
immaculate ; the vent and inferior tail-coverts r, 
shaded in the middle of each feather with dusky. •'.* 
smaller wing-coverts are dull olive green, blackish j 
the centre; the middling wing-coverts are bK'j 
margined exteriorly, and tipped with pure white ; f ‘, 
greater wing-coverts are blackish, margined with 
white; the primaries are dusky, finely edged lV ' , 
bright olive green on the exterior web, obsolete 
that of the first primary, which is of the same le®r J 
as the fourth ; the second and third are longest, a V 
hut little longer than the fourth. The tail is slig 1 ’.,], 
emargiuated, the feathers being dusky, edged '' ! [f 
bright olive green on the exterior side, and with " 
on the interior; the two or three exterior feathers ^ 
each side have a pure white spot on their inner " 
near the tip. 
