of the United States . 
8! 
Bay-breasted Warbler , Sylvia castanea, Wils. Jim . Onz. 
ii. p. 97 . /?/. 14. fig. 4. 
Inhabits the United States in summer; in Pennsylvania a 
few days only in spring and autumn: rare. 
115. Sylvia striata. Lath. Crown black; cheeks and be- 
neath white ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail 
blackish ; three lateral tail feathers marked internally with 
white. 
Female and young dull yellow-olive, streaked with black 
and slate ; beneath white ; cheeks and sides of the breast 
tinged with yellow. 
Black-poll Warbler , Sylvia striata , Wils. Am. Orn. iv . 
p. 40. pi. 30 .fig. 3 . male ; and vi. p. 101 . pi. 54. fig. 4 . female. 
Inhabits the United States during summer : rather common. 
116. Sylvia v aria, Lath. Varied with black and white; 
crown striped with black ; belly pure white. 
Male, throat black. 
Female and young, throat greyish-white. 
Black and white Creeper , Certhia maculata , Wils . Am. 
Orn. Hi. p. n3.pl. 19. fig. 3 . 
Inhabits the United States during summer : common. 
Forms an immediate link (without Troglodytes) with 
Certhia, of which it has some of the characters, and all the 
habits. The genus Mniotilta of Vieillot is formed for its re- 
ception. 
117. Sylvia pinus, Lath. Olive-green; beneath yellow ; vent 
white ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail, brown; 
three lateral tail feathers with a broad white spot near the 
tip ; lores not black. 
Female brown, tinged with olive-green on the back ; 
beneath pale yellowish. 
Pine creeping Warbler , Sylvia pinus, Wils. Am. Orn. Hi. 
p. 25. pi. 19 . jig. 4 . 
Inhabits pine wnods of the southern states, common, resi- 
dent ; and New Jersey in summer, rare. 
