Plate CLXIII. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Young Male.
Plate CLXIV. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female.
Wings of ordinary length, with the outer three quills almost equal,
the second longer than the first, which slightly exceeds the fourth;
tail emarginate. Male with the crown of the head deep brownish-red,
the upper parts yellowish-olive, streaked with brown, the rump
greenish-yellow, without streaks; quills dusky brown, primaries edged
with whitish, secondaries with yellowish; tail feathers dusky brown,
margined with greenish-yellow, the outer two with a white patch on the
inner web at the end, sometimes the outer white on both webs at the
end; a bright yellow streak from the nostril over the eye; lore dusky;
ear-coverts brownish-red; lower parts yellow, the sides of the neck,
its lower part, and the sides of the body, streaked with deep red.
Female similar to the male, but with the tints duller and paler, the
red of the head scarcely apparent, and the fore-neck very faintly
streaked. Young dull light greenish-brown, tinged with grey, the head
streaked with dusky; lower parts yellowish-grey, the sides of the neck
and body, with the breast, faintly streaked with greyish-brown.
_Male_, 4-1/2, 8-1/2.
From Texas northward. Very abundant. Spends the winter in all the
Southern States.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
vi. p. 19.
Sylvia petechia, Bonap. Syn. p. 83; S. palmarium, p. 78.
Sylvicola petechia, Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Swain. & Rich. F.
Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 215.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
364.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v.
ii. p. 259, Adult Male and Young; p. 360, Adult Male and
Female.
91. 16. Sylvicola Americana, Lath. Blue Yellow-backed
Wood-Warbler,--Yellow-backed Warbler,--Blue Yellow-back Warbler.
Plate XV. Male and Female.
Bill much attenuated; outer three quills nearly equal, first or second
longest; tail almost even, with the feathers pointed. Male with the
upper parts light blue, the fore part of the back yellowish-green; two
broad bands of white on the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary
coverts, and first row of small coverts; quills and tail-feathers
dusky, margined with blue; a white spot on the outer three of the
latter; loral space black; both eyelids with a white spot; throat
yellow, with whitish patches, a lunular band of blackish on the fore
neck; breast yellow, spotted with dull orange, the rest of the lower
parts yellowish, fading into white, the sides pale greyish-blue.
Female similar but paler; the loral band wanting; throat, fore neck,
and breast yellow, without the black lunule.
Although the bill of this species is much attenuated, it is not
essentially different in form from that of S. Blackburniæ, and others
of this genus; the wings are similar to those of the rest, and there
seems no reason for setting it apart to form a genus, as has been done
by Bonaparte.
_Male_, 4-1/6, 6-1/2.
From Texas, generally distributed. Exceedingly abundant. Migratory.
Blue Yellow-back Warbler, Sylvia pusilla, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
iv. p. 17.
Sylvia Americana, Bonap. Syn. p. 33.
Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, Sylvia Americana, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. i. p. 78.