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SYLVICOLIN^. MNIOTILTA. 
Male, Txi- 
In summer from Texas to Nova Scotia. Winters in the southern 
states. Columbia River. Rather common. 
Sylvia celata. Sat, Long’s Exped. v. i. p.^169. 
Sylvia celata, Bonap. Syn. p. 38. 
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 45. 
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 413. 
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 449. 
113. 10. Helinaia rubricapilla, Wils. Nashville Swamp- 
Warbler. 
Plate L XXXIX. Male and Female. 
Bill shorter than the head,, very much attenuated ; wings with the 
outer four quills almost equal, the second longest ; tail slightly emar- 
ginate. Upper part of the head, cheeks, hind part and sides of neck 
light bluish-grey ; a patch of dull red on the crown, concealed by the 
grey tips of the feathers ; upper parts of the body yellowish-green, 
lower parts greenish-yellow ; quills and tail-feathers greyish-brown, 
edged with yellowish-green, the primaries with greyish-white. Fe- 
male similar but paler, and with faint indications of red on some of 
the feathers on the crown. Young similar to the female. 
Male, 4i, 7. 
Texas to Massachusetts. Inland to Kentucky. Columbia River, 
Rare. Migratory. 
Nashville Warbler, Sylvia rubricapilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 120. 
Sylvia rubricapilla, Bonap. Syn. p. 87. 
Nashville Warbler, Sylvia rubricapilla, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 412. 
Nashville Warbler, Sylvia rubricapilla, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 450. 
GENUS V. MNIOTILTA, Vieill. CREEPING- WARBLER, 
Bill rather long, straight, very slender, nearly as broad as 
high at the base, much compressed toward the end ; upper 
mandible with the dorsal line very slightly convex, the 
edges a little inflected toward the end, the notches obsolete, 
the tip acute ; lower mandible with the dorsal line straight, 
the sides convex, the edges involute, the tip attenuated. 
General form slender. Feet of moderate length, very slen- 
der ; tarsus shorter than the middle toe and claw, much 
compressed, the upper scutella blended ; toes rather long, 
extremely compressed, the first very long, the second shorter 
than the third, which is adherent at the base, claws rather 
