PALM WARBLER. 
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titeii ''t'!' 8ie clusk y at base, as is the whole plumage; 
c 0l l | ey are chestnut nearly to the tip, (forming a 
the v *P<>t °f that colour on the crown,) where 
thi/ are °f the common colour, but somewhat darker ; 
V e „ ".‘"P and superior tail-coverts are yellow olive ; a 
. ed yellowish white line passes over the eye, 
encircled with white ; the cheeks are dusky. 
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a te o as a streak through the eye ; the inferior parts 
, j'itish, slightly tinged with yellowish, and with a 
the 1 acki sh streaks on each side of the throat, and on 
ri^ljl^ast and Hanks ; the belly is immaculate, and more 
b|,; n J tinged with yellow, the inferior tail-coverts 
of ,r P Uf e yellow ; the wing-coverts are of the colour 
tn, )f le feathers of the back, the blackish centre being 
th(, e fended and deeper; the wings have no bands; 
Pulpfuill feathers are blackish, edged externally with 
tli e j.l’^liow olive, becoming whitish towards the tip; 
f^atli v ° outer ones are subequal ; the tail is even, its 
y e ]j er s are somewhat pointed, edged externally with 
abo °*ive, internally with whitish, the outer one 
la P ext ernally whitish; the two outer ones with a 
fibril ** Ure white spot on their inner vane at tip ; the 
Uni,.., an< l fourth, each side, with an inner white ter- 
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c 0Po nis plumage, this bird resembles so nearly Sylvia. 
a|)l e ,!a<a in its most humble dress, that it it distinguish- 
is 1 „ “"'y on a close examination. However, the bill 
iflgt S er > and more slender, the crown spot chestnut 
tvl,i(. a< <J f yellow, the feathers being destitute ol the 
th e f Which is observable in the other, by separating 
■Hil ,'i a “ lers ; the rump is olive yellow, not pure yellow, 
colour extending on the tail-coverts, which it 
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Vv ^th ln coronata . The under parts tinged 
tvh it| f ,>llo W, and especially the pure yellow tail-coverts, 
dki; 1 are pure white in S. coronata, will sufficiently 
lj>ish them . 
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a remarkable circumstance, that there is no 
Of tl° Us difference to be observed between the plumage 
to s exes, notwithstanding the statements of authors 
le contrary. This is the case, however, in S. 
