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U. S. P. E. E. EXP. AND SUEYEYS—ZOOLOGY—GENERAL EEPOET. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When collected. 
Whence obtained. 
Orig. 
No. 
Collected by— 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wing. 
1098 
Q ? 
Washington, D C- -- 
Savannah, Ga_- . 
1842. 
S. F. Baird. 
J. C. McGuire. .. 
2390 
1845. 
_do_ 
Jos. Leconte._ 
2386 
1845. 
3322 
Riceboro’, Ga_ 
1846. 
___do--_ 
W. L. Jones_ 
5.10 
8. 30 
2. 60 
7700 
Rockport, Ohio_ 
Dr. J. P.Kirtland. 
E. Kennicott_ 
Union county, Ill.... 
May 5_... 
N. W. University 
_---do--. 
April 29 ----- - 
3986 
O 
Tamaulipas, Mex_ 
1845. 
Lt. Couch_ 
74 
4. 25 
7.75 
2. 50 
V 
DENDROICA DISCOLOR, Baird. 
Prairie Warbler. 
Sylvia discolor, Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 37 ; pi. xcviii. (No mention of chesnut of back.)— Bon. Obs. 
Wils. 1826, No. 157.— Aud. Orn. Biog. I, 1831, 76 ; pi. 14.— Nuttai.l, Man. I, 1832, 294. 
<S Ivicola discolor, Jard. ed. Wilson, 1832.— Rich, List, 1837.— Bonap. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 309.— 
Aud. Sjn. 1839, 62.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 68 ; pi. 97.— Gosse, Birds Jam. 1847,159. 
Rhimamphus discolor, Cabanis, Journ. Orn. ill, 1855, 474. (Cuba in winter.) 
Sylvia minuta, Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 87 ; pi. xxv, f. 4. 
Sp. Ch. —Above uniform olive green ; the middle of the back streaked with brownish red. Under parts and sides of the 
head, including a broad superciliary line from the nostrils to a little behind the eye, bright yellow, brightest anteriorly. A well 
defined narrow stripe from the commissure of the mouth through the eye, and another from the same point curving gently 
below it, also a series of streaks on each side of the b dy, extending from the throat to the flanks, black. Quills and tail feathers 
brown, edged with white ; the terminal half of the inner web of the first and second tail feathers white. Two yellowish bands 
on the wings. Female similar, but duller. The dorsal streaks indistinct. Length, 4.86 ; wing, 2.25 ; tail, 2.10. 
Hah. —Atlantic States, as far north as New York. 
Tlie streaks on the hack appear to he in four series. There is a yellow crescent under the 
eye, and below this the black one already mentioned. After a slight interval the stripes on the 
side of the throat begin, in one series on each side ; two, however, starting on the breast. The 
yellow superciliary stripe extends to the base of the bill, although those of opposite sides do 
not coalesce. Sometimes there is a black line, bordering the olivaceous of the crown, anteriorly. 
In this species the second, third, and fourth quills are longest; the first rather longer than 
the fifth. The tail is considerably rounded, in fact, almost graduated. The bill is dark brown. 
List of specimens. 
Catal. 
No. 
Sex. 
Locality. 
When col¬ 
lected. 
Whence obtained. 
Length. 
Stretch 
of wings. 
Wings. 
Remarks. 
6483 
1051 
s 
May 30, 1843 
4.87 
7.00 
2.25 
1095 
O 
June 12,1843 
4.62 
6.87 
2.12 
7374 
509 
^ F. Baird. 
1091 
3 
8676 
Cape Florida. 
Sept. 24, 1843 
G. Wurdemann. 
4.75 
7.30 
2.30 
Dark eye, legs and bill brown. 
8677 
V' 
Indian Key. 
Sept. 2,1857 
4.50 
7.00 
2.20 
Bill and feet blackish, with yellow soles. 
8678 
31 
4 50 
6.50 
2.00 
