Plate XIV. Male and Female.
Wings rather short, with the outer four quills nearly equal, the
second and third longest; tail emarginate and rounded. Male with the
upper parts yellowish-green, the back spotted with chestnut-red; lower
parts, and a band over the eye, bright yellow; two bands of dull
yellow on the wing; outer four tail-feathers with a white patch on the
inner web; a small streak before and behind the eye, one on the cheek,
a spot on the side of the neck, and oblong markings on the sides,
black. Female similar, but paler, especially beneath, and without the
black streaks on the side of the head.
_Male_, 5, 7.
From Texas to Massachusetts. Migratory. Abundant.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia minuta, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p.
87.
Sylvia discolor, Bonap. Syn. p. 83.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 294.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 76.