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Synopsis of the Birds 
Resembles Certhia in habits. Misled by Edwards, authors 
have confounded it with Sylvia solitaria, Wils. from which 
their description is taken. 
118. Sylvia parus, Wils. Black, with a few yellow-olive 
9treaks ; head above yellow, dotted with black ; line over the 
eye, sides of the neck, and breast yellow ; belly paler, streak- 
ed with dusky; wings bifasciate with white, and with the tail 
black ; three lateral tail feathers white on their inner vanes. 
Hemlock Warbler , Sylvia parus, Wils . Am. Orn. v. p. 114. 
pi. 44. fig. 3. male. 
Inhabits the great pine swamps of Pennsylvania during 
summer : rare. 
119. Sylvia tigrina, Lath. Yellow-olive ; front, cheeks, chin, 
and sides of the neck, yellow ; breast and belly pale yellow, 
streaked with dusky ; wings bifasciate with white, and with 
the rounded tail black ; two lateral tail feathers white on 
the inner vane from the middle. 
Blue mountain Warbler , Sylvia montana , Wils. Am. Orn. 
v. p. 113. pi. 41. fig. 2. male. 
Inhabits the United States during summer : rare. 
120. Sylvia rara, Wils. Verditer-green ; lores, line over 
the eye, and all beneath pale cream colour ; wings bi- 
fasciate with white, and with the emarginated tail, brownish- 
black ; three lateral tail feathers with white on the outer 
vanes. 
Blue-green Warbler , Sylvia rara , Wils. Am. Orn . in. 
p. H9. pi- 27. fig. 2. 
Inhabits in April on the banks of Cumberland River : 
very rare. 
121. Sylvia discolor, Vieill. Olive; beneath yellow; spot- 
ted with black ; wings bifasciate with yellow, and, with the 
tail, brownish-black ; three lateral tail feathers broadly spot- 
ted with white. 
Male, a black crescent under the eye. 
