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MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT. 
Maryland Yellow-throat, Nutt. Man., vol. i. 
Yellow-breasted Warbler, or Maryland Yellow-throat, Sylvia Trichas , 
Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 121, Adult ; vol. v. p. 463. 
Roscoe’s Yellow-throat, Sylvia Boscoe, Aud. Orn. Biog’., vol. i. p. 124. Young. 
Adult Male. 
Bill of ordinary length, tapering, slender, nearly straight, acute. Nostrils 
basal, lateral, elliptical, half-closed by a membrane. Head and neck of 
ordinary size, the latter short. Body rather short. Feet longish, slender ; 
. tarsus longer than the middle toe, covered anteriorly with a few scutella, the 
uppermost long ; toes scutellate above, the inner free, the hind toe of 
moderate size ; claws slender, compressed, acute, arched. 
Plumage loose, blended. Wings very short, the first quill longest. Tail 
rounded. 
Bill dark brown. Iris dark hazel. Feet flesh-colour. A broad band of 
black across the forehead, including the eyes, and terminating in a pointed 
form half way down the neck ; behind which is a narrower band of very pale 
blue ; a slender white streak under the eye. Fore part of the neck bright 
ochre-yellow, the rest of the under parts pale brownish-yellow, fading into 
white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts. Upper parts dull greyish- 
olive, on the head tinged with red. Inner webs of the quills deep brown. 
Length 5i inches, extent of wings 5£ ; bill along the ridge T % ; along the 
gap 1 ; tarsus H- 
Adult Female. 
The female has the upper parts lighter, the under parts tinged with 
reddish-brown, and wants the two bands on the head, which is of a pale 
brownish-red colour. 
The Snow-drop Tree, Silver-bell Tree, or Wild Olive. 
LIalesia tetraptera, Willd., Sp. PL, vol. ii. p. 849. Pursch , Flor. Amer., vol. 
ii. p. 448. Monadelpiiia Decandria, Linn.- — Guaiacan.e, Puss. 
Leaves ovate, acuminate, serrate ; flowers with twelve stamina ; the fruit 
rhomboidal. It grows in shady woods, generally near rivers. 
