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YELLOW-THROAT WARBLER. 
This species is five inches and a half in length, and eight and 
a half broad; the whole back, hind head and rump is a fine light 
slate colour; the tail is somewhat forked, black, and edged with 
light slate; the wings are also black, the three shortest seconda- 
ries broadly edged with light blue; all the wing quills are slight- 
ly edged with the same; the first row of wing coverts are tipt 
and edged with white, the second wholly white, or nearly so; 
the frontlet, ear feathers, lores and above the temple, are black; 
the line between the eye and nostril, whole throat and middle 
of the breast brilliant golden yellow; the lower eye-lid, line 
over the eye, and spot behind the ear feathers, as well as the 
whole lower parts, are pure white; the yellow on the throat is 
bordered with touches of black, which also extend along the 
sides under the wings; the bill is black, and faithfully repre- 
sented in the figure; the legs and feet yellowish brown ; the claws 
extremely fine pointed; the tongue rather cartilaginous, and 
lacerated at the end. The female has the wings of a dingy 
brown, and the whole colours, particularly the yellow on the 
throat, much duller; the young birds of the first season are with- 
out the yellow. 
