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SYLVICOLINiE. SYLVICOLA. 
quills longest^ the first and second nearly equal and very little shorter ; 
tail scarcely eraarginate. Upper parts light greenish-olive^ more yel- 
low behind^ all the feathers dusky in the centre ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 
and throat black ; a band over the eye, a broader band on the side of 
the neck, and the fore part of the breast bright yellow ; the rest of the 
lower parts white, but the sides marked with oblong dusky spots ; 
wings blackish-brown ,* the secondary coverts and first row of small 
coverts largely tipped with white, the quills margined with light grey ; 
tail-feathers blackish-brown, edged with grey ; outer two on each side 
almost entirely white, the next with a small white spot, 
Male, 4[§, wing 2x^2. 
Columbia River, northward. Migratory. 
Sylvia Townsendi, Townsend’s Warbler, Towns. Journ. Aead. Nat. Sc. Pliiladelphia, 
V. vii. p. 191. 
Townsend’s Warbler, Sylvia Townsendi, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 36. 
93. 18. Sylvicola occidentalis, Towns. Hermit Wood- War- 
bler. 
Plate CCCXCV. Fig. 3. Male. Fig. 4. Female. 
Wings of moderate length, the outer three quills almost equal, the 
third longest; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper parts 
bluish-grey, spotted with black ; the upper part of the head, which is 
similarly spotted, the cheeks, and sides of the neck, bright yellow ; 
throat black ; breast and abdomen white ; ground and tail-feathers 
greyish-dusky ; two white bands on the wing formed by the tips of 
the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts ; two outer tail- 
feathers on each side almost entirely white. Female with the upper 
parts of a duller grey, the yellow of the head less extended and not so 
bright; throat whitish, spotted with dusky, 
Male, Si 2 , wing 2jg, 
Columbia River. Migratory. 
Sylvicola occidentalis. Hermit Wood-Warbler, Towns. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phila- 
delphia, V. vii. p. 190. 
Hermit Warbler, Sylvia occidentalis, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 55. 
94. 19. Sylvia nigrescens, Towns. Black-throated Grey 
Wood- W arbler. 
Plate CCCXCV. Figs. 5 and 6. Male. 
Wings of moderate length, with the outer three quills nearly equal, 
the second longest, the first shorter than the fourth; tail slightly 
rounded and emarginate. Male with the upper parts bluish ash-grey, , 
the middle of the back and tail-coverts streaked with black ; the upper 
part of the head and neck, the loral space and cheeks, and the fore 
part of the neck, with a small portion of the breast black ; a band 
