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SYLVICOLIN^. 
SYLVICOLA. 
tints fainter^ especially the chestnut of the head and throaty which are 
converted into light brownish-red. 
Male, 51, 11. 
From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory. 
Bay-bi’easted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 97. 
Sylvia castanea, Bo nap. Syn. p. 80. 
Bay-breasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 382. 
Bay-breasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 358. 
81. 6 . Sylvicolaicterocephala, Lath. Chestnut-sided Wood- 
Warbler.— Chestnut-sided W arbler. 
Plate LIX. Male and Female. 
Outer three quills nearly equal, second slightly longer ; tail slightly 
emarginate. Male with the upper part of the head light yellow, a small 
part of the forehead white ; loral space and two bands proceeding from 
it, one over and behind the eye, the other downwards, black ; upper 
parts bluish ash-grey, tinged behind with greenish-yellow, and streaked 
with black ; secondary coverts and first row of small coverts largely 
tipped with pale yellow ; quills and tail-feathers brownish-black, pri- 
maries edged with greyish-white, secondaries with yellowish-green 
outer three tail-feathers on each side with a white patch on the inner 
web at the end ; lower parts white, sides of the neck and body deep 
chestnut. Female similar, but with the chestnut on the sides less ex- 
tended, and the yellow on the head tinged with green. 
Male, 51, 8. 
From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory. 
Chestnut-sided. Warbler, Sylvia icterocephala, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 99. 
Sylvia icterocephala, Bonap. Syn. p. 80. 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Sylvia icterocephala, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 380. 
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Sylvia icterocephala, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 806. 
82. 7. Sylvicolapinus, Lath. Pine-creeping Wood- Warbler. 
Plate CXI. Male and Female. Plate XXX. Young Male. 
Wings of moderate length, with the outer three quills almost equal, 
the first and second longest ; tail emarginate. Male with the upper 
parts light j’^ellowish-green, inclining to olive, the rump brighter ; a 
streak over the eye, the eyelids, throat, breast, and sides, bright yel- 
low, with a greenish tinge, the rest of the lower parts white ; wings and 
tail blackish-brown ; secondary coverts and first row of small coverts 
largely tipped with dull white ; primaries edged with whitish, secon- 
daries with brownish-grey ; outer two tail-feathers with a patch of 
white on the inner web near the end. Female with the upper parts 
yellowish-brown tinged with grey, the lower parts of paler and duller 
tints than in the male. Young similar to the female. 
Male, 5, 8. 
From Texas to Maine. Very abundant. Resident in the Southern 
and Middle States. 
