Plate CXXIV. Male and Female.
Wings short, the second and third quills longest and about equal, the
first much shorter than the fourth and a little longer than the fifth;
tail even. Back, rump, and upper tail-coverts yellowish-green; crown
glossy bluish-black, bordered on the forehead and over the eyes with
a broad band of bright yellow, of which colour are all the lower
parts; wings and tail dusky brown, the feathers margined with
yellowish-green. Female similar to the male, but with the black of the
crown of much less extent. Young similar to the female, without black
on the head.
_Male_, 4-1/2, 6-3/4.
From Texas northward, Columbia River, and intervening regions. Not in
the Fur Countries. Rather rare. Migratory.
Green Black-capt Flycatcher, Muscicapa pusilla, Wils. Amer.
Orn. v. iii. p. 103.
Sylvia Wilsonii, Bonap. Syn. p. 86.
Green Black-capt Warbler, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 149.
Green Black-capped Flycatcher, Muscicapa Wilsonii, Aud. Orn.
Biog. v. ii. p. 148.
GENUS II. SYLVICOLA, Swainson. WOOD-WARBLER.
Bill short, straight, rather strong, tapering, scarcely broader than
high at the base, compressed toward the end; upper mandible with its
dorsal outline declinate and nearly straight, the tip slightly
declinate, the edges overlapping, with a slight notch; lower mandible
with the angle short and rounded, the dorsal line straight, the sides
convex, the edges a little inclinate, the tip narrow. Nostrils basal,
oval or oblong, partially concealed by the feathers. Head of ordinary
size; neck short; body rather slender. Feet of ordinary length, rather
slender; tarsus longer than the middle toe, much compressed, covered
anteriorly with seven scutella, very sharp behind; toes of moderate
length, slender, free, the outer united as far as the second joint,
the hind toe proportionally large; claws moderate, well arched, much
compressed, laterally grooved, very acute. Plumage soft and blended.
Bristles at the base of the upper mandible feeble. Wings rather long,
little curved, pointed; the second quill longest, the first and third
slightly shorter. Tail rather long, emarginate.
76. 1. Sylvicola coronata, Lath. Yellow-crowned
Wood-Warbler.--Yellow-crowned Warbler. Yellow-rump Warbler.
Second quill longest, third scarcely shorter, first longer than
fourth; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper parts deep
ash-grey, streaked with black; crown, rump, and a patch on the sides
of the body, rich yellow: secondary coverts, and first row of small
coverts tipped with white, which forms two bars on the wing; quills
dark brown, margined with light greyish-brown; tail feathers
brownish-black, margined with ash-grey, the outer three on each side
with a white patch on the inner web near the end; a slender white line
over the eye; feathers of the eyelids white; lore and cheek black;
throat white; lower neck, fore part of breast and sides variegated
with black, the tips of the feathers being white; the rest of the
lower parts white. Female without the yellow spot on the crown,
although the feathers there are tinged with that colour at the base;
the upper parts tinged with light brown, the yellow spots on the sides
and rump paler.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 8-1/2.
From Texas northward, and throughout the interior. Extremely common.
Migratory.
Yellow-rump Warbler, Sylvia coronata, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 138.
Sylvia coronata, Bonap. Syn. p. 78.
Yellow-crowned Warbler, or Myrtle Bird, Sylvia coronata, Nutt.
Man. v. i. p. 361.
Yellow-rump Warbler, Sylvia coronata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 303.
77. 2. Sylvicola Auduboni, Townsend. Audubon's
Wood-Warbler,--Audubon's Warbler.
Plate CCCXCV. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female.
Outer four quills nearly equal, second longest; tail slightly
emarginate. Male with the upper parts bluish ash-grey, streaked with
black; crown, rump, upper part of throat, and a patch on the sides of
the body, rich yellow; first row of small coverts largely tipped, and
secondary coverts broadly margined and tipped with white, which thus
forms a conspicuous patch on the wing; quills and tail brownish-black,
narrowly margined with greyish-white; a patch of white on the inner
webs of all the tail-feathers, but on the central reduced to a mere
edging; a small white spot on each of the eyelids; loral space and
cheek black; lower part of neck anteriorly, fore part of breast, and
sides, variegated with black and white or ash-grey, the latter colours
margining the feathers; the rest of the lower parts white. Female
without the yellow spot on the crown, although the feathers there are
tinged with that colour at the base; upper parts light brownish-grey,
streaked with dusky; lower parts whitish, tinged with brown, and
streaked with dusky; throat and rump yellow, but of a lighter tint
than in the male, and but slight indications of the yellow patch on
the sides; there is much less white on the wings, and the white
patches on the tail-feathers are of less extent.
In size, form, and proportion, this species and _Sylvicola coronata_
are almost precisely similar; and their colours are almost exactly
alike, the only remarkable difference in this respect being, that the
throat of the present species is yellow, while that of the former is
white.
_Male_, 5-3/4, wing, 3-1/12.
Columbia River, northward. Common. Migratory.
Sylvia Audubonii, Audubon's Warbler, Townsend, Journ. Acad.
Nat. Sc., Philadelphia, v. vii. p. 190.
Audubon's Warbler, Sylvia Audubonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
52.