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SYLVIA CELATA. 
the crest are orange at base, constituting a spot on tin’ 
crown, risible only when they are elevated, beifl| 
tipped with the common colour. The whole b* r . 
beneath is dull olive yellow ; the inferior tail-cove 1 ' 1 "' 
are pure yellow. The wing's are destitute of spots 01 
bands; the primaries are dark brown, olive green * 
the exterior margin, which is much paler on the out® 1 
ones ; the interior margin is whitish ; the four OUt®' 
primaries are subequal; the fifth is hut very litw 
shorter. The tail is even, the feathers being d: 1|,J ‘ 
brown, edged with olive green on the outer, and wd 
white on the inner web. 
The orange-crowned warbler resembles several speed'', 
of indigenous and foreign warblers ; and the females 0 
others, such as that of the Sylvia trichas, may also h 
mistaken for it ; but it may be distinguished from ea® 
of them respectively, by particular characters, which 1 
is not necessary to detail, as the concealed orange sp 1 ’ 
of the crown is a peculiarity not possessed by eith® 
of the allied species. The Nashville warbler (Nyh j 
rubricapilla') of Wilson, seems to be more closely relat® 1 
to the orange-crowned warbler than any other. Tj 11 ', 
bird, also, is evidently a Dacnis, and scarcely dill*’®'' 
from our species, except in the white belly, the Ik' 1 , 
ash colour of the head and neck, and the deep chestn^ 
colour disposed in small touches on the crown, instc 11 
of an uniform orange colour. The only differed^ 
observable between the sexes is, that the rump of * ' 
male is of a brighter colour, approaching, in old bit*®’’ 
to a pure yellow. 
During winter, the orange-crowned warbler is °" l ( 
of the most common birds in the neighbourhood/' 
St Augustin, Florida, almost exclusively frequent 11 ^ 
the orange trees. Their manners resemble those 
the kindred species, though they have a remark**® 1 
habit of constantly inflecting the tail, like the pc"' 1 / 
The note consists of a chuck, and a faint squeak, 1,1 
little louder than that of a mouse. 
