CAPE-MAY WARBLER. 
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The length of this species is five inches and a half, extent 
eight and a half; bill and legs black; whole upper part of the 
head deep black; line from the nostril over the eye, chin and 
sides of the neck rich yellow; ear feathers orange, which also 
tints the back part of the yellow line over the eye; at the ante- 
rior and posterior angle of the eye is a small touch of black; 
hind head and whole back, rump and tail coverts yellow olive, 
thickly streaked with black; the upper exterior edges of several 
of the greater wing coverts are pure white, forming a broad bar 
on the wing, the next superior row being also broadly tipt with 
white; rest of the wing dusky, finely edged with dark olive yel- 
low; throat and whole breast rich yellow, spreading also along 
the sides under the wings, handsomely marked with spots of 
black running in chains; belly and vent yellowish white; tail 
forked, dusky black, edged with yellow olive, the three exteri- 
or feathers on each side marked on their inner vanes with a spot 
of white. The yellow on the throat and sides of the neck reaches 
nearly round it, and is very bright. 
