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SYLVICOLIN^ MYIODIOCTES. 
74. 4. Myiodioctes formosus, Wils. Kentucky Flycatching 
Warbler.-— Kentucky Warbler. 
Plate XXXVIII. Male and Female. 
Third quill longest, second scarcely shorter, first longer than fourth,, 
the outer three being nearly equal. Tail slightly emarginate and 
slightly rounded. Male with the upper part of the head and a band 
from the base of the upper mandible under the eye and down the side 
of the neck black ; a streak from the nostril over the eye, and all the 
lower parts bright yellow ; the upper parts yellowish-olive ; wings 
brown, the feathers margined with yellowish- olive ; tail light greenish- 
brown. Female similar, without the black band on the cheek and 
neck, and the black of the head less extended. 
Male, 8. 
Valley of the Mississippi, and Kentucky. Migratory. 
Kentucky Warbler, Sylvia formosa, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 85. 
Sylvia formosa, Eonap. Syn. p. 34. 
Kentucky Warbler, Sylvia formosa, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 196. 
75. 5. Myiodioctes Wilsonii, Bonap. Wilson’s Flycatching 
Warbler. 
Plate CXXIV. Male and Female. 
Wings short, the second and tliird quills longest and about equal, 
the first much shorter than the fourth and a little Io^gi’ than the fifth ; 
tail even. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts yellowish-green ; crown 
glossy bluish-black, bordered on the forehead and over the eyes with 
a broad band of bright yellow, of which colour are all the lower parts ; 
wings and tail dusky brown, the feathers margined with yellowish- 
green. Female similar to the male, but with the black of the crown 
of much less extent. Young similar to the female, without black on 
the head. 
Male, 4|, 6|. 
From Texas northward, Columbia River, and intervening regions. 
Not in the Fur Countries. Rather rare. Migratory. 
Green Elack-capt Flycatcher, Muscicapa pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 103. 
Sylvia Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 86. 
Green Elack-capt Warbler, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 149. 
Green Black-capped Flycatcher, Muscicapa Wilsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 148. 
GENUS II. SYLVICOLA, Swainson. WOOD-WARBLER. 
Bill short, straight, rather strong, tapering, scarcely 
broader than high at the base, compressed tovrard the end ; 
upper mandible with its dorsal outline declinate and nearly 
