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Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 101. 
Sylvia Philadelphia, Bonap. Syn. p. 85. 
Mourning Wai’bler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 404. 
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 79. 
102. 3. Trichas Marilandica, Linn. Maryland Ground- 
Warbler. — Maryland Yellow- throat. Yellow-breasted 
Warbler. 
Plate XXIII. Male and Female. Plate XXIV. Young Male. 
Wings rather short, with the third and fourth quills longest, fifth 
longer than second, first and sixth equal ; tail considerably rounded, 
the lateral feathers being three-twelfths shorter than the middle. Male 
with a broad band of black across the forehead, including the loral 
space and eyes, and terminating in a rather pointed form behind the 
ear-coverts ; over this band a narrow one of very pale blue, or bluish- 
white ; upper parts yellowish-green, on the head slightly tinged with 
red ; quills and tail-feathers wood-brown, margined with yellowish- 
green ; the edge of the wing and the margin of the outer primary 
yellow ; fore part of neck bright yellow, as is the anterior part of the 
breast and the lower tail-coverts, the rest pale, the sides shaded with 
dull yellowish-brown ; the axillaries and some of the lower wing- 
coverts white. Female with the upper parts lighter, the lower less 
bright, tinged with reddish-brown, the head of pale brownish-red, 
without the bands so conspicuous in the male. Young similar to the 
female, the males with a black mystachial band. 
Male, 4f, 6i. 
From Texas northward to Nova Scotia, and throughout the inte- 
rior ; Columbia River. 
Maryland Yellow-throat, Sylvia Marilandica, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 88, Male ; 
V. ii. p. 163, Female. 
Sylvia Marilandica, Bonap. Syn. p. 85. 
Maryland Yellow-throat, Nutt. Man. v. i. 
Yellow-breasted Warbler, or Maryland Yellow'-throat, Sylvia Trichas, Aun. Orn. 
Biog. V. i. p. 121, Adult ; v. v. p. 463. 
Roscoe’s Yellow-throat, Sylvia Roscoe, Auu. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 124. Young. 
103. 4. Tricbas Delafieldii, Aud. Delafield’s Ground- 
Warbler. 
Wing rather long, much rounded, with the third and fourth quills 
longest, sixth longer than second, first and tenth about equal ; tail 
much rounded, the lateral feathers being half an inch shorter than the 
middle. Male with a band of black across the forehead, including 
the loral space and eyes, and terminating on the ear-coverts ; upper 
part of headlight greyish-blue, tinged behind with green ; the rest of the 
upper parts dull yellowish-green ; quills and tail-feathers wood-brown 
on the inner webs, the edge of the wing and margin, of the outer pri- 
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