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and a broad band down the side of the neck, with the fore part of the 
back, and upper tail-coverts deep black ; lower parts and rump bright 
yellow; the lower part of the throat, the breast and sides, spotted 
with black ; wings and tail-feathers brownish-black, edged with grey ; 
two white bands on the wing ; all the tail-feathers, except the middle 
two, with a large patch of white on the inner web, at about two-thirds 
of their length. Young yellowish-grey above, with the head light 
grey, the rump yellow ; lower parts of a duller yellow, with only faint 
dusky streaks on the sides. 
MaUy 5 , 7h 
From Texas northward. Very abundant. Migratory. 
Black-and-Yellow Warbler, Sylvia magnolia, Wins. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 63. Advxlt. 
Sylvia maculosa, Bonap. Syn. p. 78. 
Black-and-Yellovir Warbler, Sylvia maculosa, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 370. 
Sylvicola maculosa. Yellow-rump Warbler, F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 213. 
Black-and-Yellow Warbler, Sylvia maculosa, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 145, Adult ; 
V. i. p. 260, Young ; v. v. p. 458. 
97- 22. Sylvicola discolor, Vieill. Prairie Wood-Warbler. 
Plate XIV. Male and Female. 
Wings rather short, with the outer four quills nearly equal, the second 
and third longest ; tail emarginate and rounded. Male with the upper 
parts yellowish-green, the back spotted with chestnut-red ; lower 
parts, and a band over the eye, bright yellow ; two bands of dull 
yellow on the wing ; outer four tail-feathers with a white patch on the 
inner web ; a small streak before and behind the eye, one on the cheek, 
a spot on the side of the neck, and oblong markings on the sides, black. 
Female similar, but paler, especially beneath, and without the black 
streaks on the side of the head. 
Male, 5 , 7 . 
From Texas to Massachusetts. Migratory. Abundant, 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia minuta, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 87. 
Sylvia discolor, Bonap. Syn. p. 83. 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 294. 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 76, 
98. 23. Sylvicola montana, Wils. Blue-Mountain Warbler, 
Plate CCCCXXXIV. Fig. 3. Male. 
No bristles at the base of the bill ; wings rather short, the third and 
fourth quills longest ; tail much rounded. Upper parts light greenish- 
olive ; a band across the forehead, one over the eye, the cheeks, throat, 
fore part and sides of neck bright yellow ; the rest of the lower parts 
yellowish-white, the sides marked with narrow longitudinal dusky 
streaks ; wings dusky brown, all the feathers edged with yellowish- 
white, the secondary quills more broadly, the first row of small coverts 
and the secondary coverts tipped with white, forming two conspicuous 
