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claws, stout and black ; whole leg, of a dirty yellowish colour ; 
above the knee, bare of feathers for half an inch ; the two 
exterior toes united together for nearly their whole length. 
The female is sprinkled all over with specks of white ; the 
band of blue around the upper part of the breast is nearly half 
reddish brown ; and a little below this passes a band of bright 
reddish bay, spreading on each side under the wings. The 
blue and rufous feathers on the breast are strong, like scales. 
The head is also of a much darker blue than the back, and 
the white feathers on the chin and throat of an exquisite fine 
glossy texture, like the most beautiful satin. 
BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER— SYLVIA MAGNOLIA. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 2. 
Peale's Museum, No. 7783. 
SYL VICO LA MACULOSA. — Swainson. 
Sylvia maculosa, Path. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 536. — Bonap. Synop. p. 78. — •Yellow- 
rump Warbler, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 400 The Black and Yellow Warbler, 
(the young is figured only,) Aud. pi. 50; Orn. Biog. i. p. 260. — Sylvicola 
maculosa, North. Zool. ii. p. 212. 
• This bird I first met with on the banks of the Little Miami, 
near its junction with the Ohio. I afterwards found it among 
the magnolias, not far from Fort Adams, on the Mississippi. 
These two, both of which happened to be males, are all the 
individuals I have ever shot of this species ; from which I am 
justified in concluding it to be a very scarce bird in the 
United States. Mr Peale, however, has the merit of having 
been the first to discover this elegant species, which, he 
informs me, he found several years ago not many miles from 
Philadelphia. No notice has ever been taken of this bird by 
any European naturalist whose works I have examined. Its 
notes, or rather chirpings, struck me as very peculiar and 
characteristic ; but have no claim to the title of song. It kept 
constantly among the higher branches, and was verv active 
and restless. 
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