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SYLVICOLIN^. SYLVICOLA. 
Male with the upper parts pale yellowish-green^ the rump greenish- 
yellowj the fore part of the head^ cheeks, throat, sides of the neck and 
lower parts pure yellow, the breast and sides streaked with brownish- 
red ; feathers of the wings deep brown, primaries margined with yel- 
lowish-green, secondaries, their coverts, and the first row of small 
coverts with yellow ; tail-feathers brown, with the greater part of the 
inner webs and a portion of the outer yellow, excepting the middle 
two. Female similar, but with the colours less bright, and the streaks 
on the breast and sides obsolete. Young with the upper parts yellow- 
ish-green, tinged with brown, forehead, sides of head, and lower parts 
deep yellow. 
Male, 4|, 8. 
From Texas northward, and throughout the interior. Abundant. 
Migratory. 
Blue-eyed Wai’bler, Sylvia citrinella, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 111. 
Sylvia cestiva, Bonap. Syn. p. 83. 
Yellovv^-poll Warbler, Sylvia cestiva, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 476. Adult Male. 
Children’s Warbler, Sylvia Childrenii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 180. Young. 
89. 14. Sylvicola Rathbonii, Aud. Rathbone’s Wood- 
Warbler. 
Plate LXV. Male and Female. 
Wings of ordinary length, the second quill longest ; tail nearly 
even. The general colour of the plumage bright yellow, the upper 
parts olivaceous ; quills and tail wood-brown, the former yellow on 
the outer web, the latter margined externally with the same. Female 
similar. 
Male, 4i. 
Mississippi. Only one pair seen. 
Rathbone Warbler, Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 333. 
90. 15. Sylvicola petecbia, Lath. Yellow Red-poll Wood- 
Warbler. 
Plate CLXIII. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Young Male. 
Plate CL XIV. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female. 
Wings of ordinary length, with the outer three quills almost equal, 
the second longer than the first, which slightly exceeds the fourth ; 
tail emarginate. Male with the crown of the head deep brownish-red, 
the upper parts yellowish-olive, streaked with brown, the rump green- 
ish-yellow, without streaks ; quills dusky brown, primaries edged with 
whitish, secondaries with yellowish ; tail feathers dusky brown, mar- 
gined with greenish-yellow, the outer two with a white patch on the 
inner web at the end, sometimes the outer white on both webs at the 
end a bright yellow streak from the nostril over the ej^e ; lore dusky ; 
ear-coverts brownish-red ; lower parts yellow, the sides of the neck. 
