_Sylvicola æstiva._
_Sylvia æstiva et petechia_, +Lath.+—Aud. pl. 95.
_Sylvia citrinella et petechia_, +Wils.+
_Sylvia Childrenii_ (_young_,) Aud. pl. 35.
_Sylvicola æstiva_, +Sw.+
[38] Length 5¹⁄₄ inches, expanse 8¹⁄₁₀, flexure 2⁶⁄₁₀, tail 2¹⁄₁₀,
rictus ⁶⁄₁₀, tarsus ⁹⁄₁₀, middle toe ¹⁄₂.
Of this very beautiful species, which has been described under so
many names, I have specimens in much diversity of plumage, from that
in which the chestnut crown, and spots of the breast are deep and
conspicuous, to that in which there is no trace either of the one or
the other. There is little in their manners to distinguish them from
others of this pretty family. They arrive in Jamaica in September, and
depart in April; and, like their fellows, hop about low trees, feeding
on small insects. In March, I observed it rather numerous, hopping
about the _Cleome pentaphylla_, and other low shrubs which were then in
flower, on the banks of the new cut of the Rio Cobre, not half a mile
from the sea of Kingston Harbour. Whenever I have seen it, it has been
very near the sea.