348 
BLUE-WINGED YELLOW WARBLEB. 
in the 277th plate of his Ornithology. In his remarks on this 
bird he seems at a loss to determine whether it is not the Pine 
Creeper of Catesby;* a difficulty occasioned by the very imper- 
fect colouring and figure of Catesby’s bird. The Pine Creeper, 
however, is a much larger bird, is of a dark yellow olive above, 
and orange yellow below; bas all the habits of a Creeper, alight- 
ing on the trunks of the pine trees, running nimbly round them, 
and, according to Mr. Abbot, builds a pensile nest. I observed 
thousands of them in the pine woods of Carolina and Georgia, 
where they are resident, but have never met with them in any 
part of Pennsylvania. 
This species is five inches and a half long, and seven and a 
half broad; hind head and whole back a rich green olive; crown 
and front orange yellow; whole lower parts yellow, except the 
vent feathers, which are white; bill black above, lighter below; 
lores black; the form of the bill approximates a little to that of 
the Finch; wings and tail deep brown, broadly edged with pale 
slate, which makes them appear wholly of that tint, except at 
the tips; first and second row of coverts tipt with white, slight- 
ly stained with yellow; the three exterior tail feathers have 
their inner vanes nearly all white; legs pale bluish; feet dirty 
yellow; the two middle tail feathers are pale slate. The female 
differs very little in colour from the male. 
This species very much resembles the Prothonotary War- 
bler of Pennant and Buffon; the only difference I can perceive 
on comparing specimens of each, is that the yellow of the Pj o- 
thonotary is more of an orange tint, and the bird somewhat 
larger. 
Catesby, Car. vol. i, pi. 61. 
