Plate CCCCXIV. Male and Female.
Wings pointed, first quill longest, the second a quarter of a twelfth
shorter, the third a twelfth shorter; tail slightly emarginate. Male
with the upper part of the head and fore part of the back
yellowish-olive, streaked with black; the rump, throat, and a collar
scarcely meeting behind, yellow; ear-coverts and a band over the eye
yellowish-red, loral space paler; a white patch on the wing, formed by
the first row of small coverts and the outer edges of the secondary
coverts; quills and tail-feathers blackish-brown, edged with dull
greyish-white, the secondaries more broadly; tail-feathers edged with
yellow at the base, the outer three with a white patch on the inner
web near the end; lower parts yellow, streaked with black, abdomen and
lower tail-coverts white, the latter tinged with yellow. Female
similar to the male, with the tints duller, the dusky streaks on the
upper parts very faint, the rump greenish-yellow, the ear-coverts dull
yellow, the white of the abdomen more extended, and the black streaks
on the breast less distinct.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
New Jersey, and Blue Mountains of Vermont. Exceedingly rare.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p.
99.
Sylvia maritima, Bonap. Syn. p. 79.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima. Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 156.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
156.