BLUE-MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 
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prairies, in the barrens of Kentucky, and in Louisiana, excepting in the 
swamps, it being more inclined to grow in dry soil and stiff grounds. 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia minuta , Wils. Avner. Orn., vol. iii. p. 87. 
Sylvia discolor, Bonap. Syn., p. 83. 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discoloi •, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 294. 
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor , Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 76. 
Wings rather short, with the outer four quills nearly equal, the second 
and third longest ; tail emarginate and rounded. Male with the upper parts 
yellowish-green, the back spotted with chestnut-red ; lower parts, and a band 
over the eye, bright yellow ; two bands of dull yellow on the wing; outer 
four tail-feathers with a white patch on the inner web; a small streak before 
and behind the eye, one on the cheek, a spot on the side of the neck, and 
oblong markings on the sides, black. Female similar, but paler, especially 
beneath, and without the black streaks on the side of the head. 
Male, 5, 7. 
From Texas to Massachusetts. Migratory. Abundant. 
BLUE-MOUNTAIN WARBLER. 
SYLVICOLA MONTANA, Wils. 
PLATE SC VIII.— Male. 
It is somewhat strange that among the numerous species of birds that visit 
the United States, a few should have been met with only in rare instances. 
The present Warbler is in this predicament, as it does not appear that many 
specimens have been obtained excepting that from which this figure and 
description were taken. For many years Inever met with Bewick’s Wren, 
which is now, however, known to be abundant on the mountains of Virginia, 
and elsewhere in our Middle and Southern Districts, and still more so along 
the Columbia river. The same was the case with Henslow’s Bunting, which 
has become a common bird in the State of New Jersey, where it breeds, and 
in South Carolina and the Floridas, where it spends the winter. Of Town- 
send’s Bunting the only specimen as yet procured is in my possession ; and 
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