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FEMALE GOLDEN- WINGED WARBLER. 
seen to climb. They were generally observed in small asso- 
ciations of five or six individuals, perhaps composing single 
families. 
FEMALE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER.— SYLVIA CHRYSOP- 
TERA. — Plate I. Fig. 3. 
See Wilson's American Ornithology, ii. p. 113, pi. 15, fig-. 5, for tLe male Mota- 
clUa clirysoptera, Linn, Syst. i. p. 333, sp. 20. Gmel. Syst. i. p. 971, sp. 
20, (male). — Sylvia clirysoptera. Lath. Ind. p. 541, sp. 123. Vieill. Ois. de 
VAm. Sept. ii. p. 37, pi. 97, (male). — MotaciUa flavifrons, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 
976, sp. 126, (male) Sylvia flavifrons, Lath, Ind. p. 527, sp. 69, (male). — 
Ficedula Pennsylvanica cinerea gutture nigro, JBrisson, Av. suppl. p. 109, sp. 80, 
(male). — Figuier aux ailes florees, Luff. Ois. v. p. 311, (male). — Golden-winged 
Flycatcher, Edwards, Glean, ii. p. 189, pi. 299, (male). — Gold- winged Warbler, 
Penn. Arct. Zool. sp. 295. Lath. Syn. ii. part 2, p. 492, sp. 118, (male) 
Yellow-fronted Warbler, Penn. Arct. Zool. sp. 296. Lath. Syn. ii. part 2, p. 
461, sp. 67, (male). — Parus alis aureis, the Golden- winged Flycatcher, Bartram, 
Trav. p. 292, (male). Philadelphia Museum, No. 7010, male; No. 7011, 
female. 
VEUmVOUA CHRYSOPTERA.—Swainson. 
IRale, Vol. I, p. 259. 
The female of this pretty little warbler, hitherto unknown to 
any naturalist, is now figured and described for the first time. 
For the opportunity of presenting it to the reader, we are in- 
debted to Mr Titian Peale, who shot it on the 24th of May, 
near Camden, New Jersey; and, with his usual kindness and 
zeal for natural history, communicated it to us for this work. 
This little warbler differs so materially from its mate, as to 
require a distinct figure and description, in order to be recog- 
nised ; yet we cannot fail to perceive a kind of family resem- 
blance between the sexes ; and, by comparing the two descrip- 
tions and accompanying figures, our readers will agree with 
us that they are but one and the same species, in a different 
garniture of plumage. The distribution of markings is really 
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