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Synopsis of the Birds 
beneath white, breast spotted with black ; crown, sides of 
the breast, and rump yellow ; wings bifasciate with white, and 
with the tail, black ; three lateral tail feathers spotted with 
white. 
Winter plumage brownish-olive ; beneath dirty white; yel- 
low of the breast and crown obsolete. 
Young, without black or yellow. 
Yellow-rump Warbler , Sylvia coronata , Wils. Am. Orn. ii . 
p. 138* pi. \i.fig. 4. summer plumage •, and v . p . 121 .pi. 45. fig. 2- 
winter plumage. 
Inhabits all the United States during summer ; common : 
passes through Pennsylvania in the spring whilst in full plu- 
mage, and returns in flocks in the autumn in its humble 
dress : winters in the southern states : breeds in the north 
and in the mountains. 
105. Sylvia palmarum, Lath. Brown-olive ; crown rufous ; 
line over the eye, and all beneath, rich yellow; breast streak- 
ed ; two lateral tail feathers white on the inner tip. 
Winter plumage considerably duller ; rufous of the crown 
obsolete ; beneath yellowish-white. 
Palm Warbler , Sylvia palmarum, Nob. Am. Orn. ii. pi. io 
fig . 2. adult male in summer dress, never noticed, before. 
Inhabits Florida and the West Indies : common : resident : 
rare and transitory visitant in the middle and northern states, 
where it is only observed in early spring. 
106. Sylvia maculosa, Lath. Crown ash ; rump and be- 
neath rich yellow ; breast spotted with black ; wings bifas- 
ciate with white, and with the tail, black ; lateral tail feathers 
white on the middle of their inner vanes. 
Black and Yellow Warbler, Sylvia magnolia, Wils. Am. 
Orn. in. p. 63- pi. 23. fig. 2. adult male. 
Inhabits all the United States during summer : rare : re- 
