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MOURNING WARBLER. 
species. The singular appearance of the head, neck and breast, 
suggested the name. 
The Mourning Warbler is five inches long, and seven in ex- 
tent; the whole back, wings and tail, are of a deep greenish olive, 
the tips of the wings and the centre of the tail feathers except- 
ed, which are brownish; the whole head is of a dull slate colour; 
the breast is ornamented with a singular crescent of alternate 
transverse lines of pure glossy white, and very deep black; all 
the rest of the lower parts are of a brilliant yellow; the tail is 
rounded at the end; legs and feet a pale flesh colour; bill deep 
brownish black above, lighter below; eye hazel. 
