Plate CCCCXXXIV. Fig. 3. Male.
No bristles at the base of the bill; wings rather short, the third and
fourth quills longest; tail much rounded. Upper parts light
greenish-olive; a band across the forehead, one over the eye, the
cheeks, throat, fore part and sides of neck bright yellow; the rest of
the lower parts yellowish-white, the sides marked with narrow
longitudinal dusky streaks; wings dusky brown, all the feathers edged
with yellowish-white, the secondary quills more broadly, the first row
of small coverts and the secondary coverts tipped with white, forming
two conspicuous bands; tail brownish-black, the feathers edged with
yellowish-green, the two outer on each side white in their terminal
half.
_Male_, 4-1/12, wing 2-6/12.
Blue Mountains. Only one individual seen.
Blue-Mountain Warbler, Sylvia montana, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v.
p. 113.
Sylvia tigrina, Bonap. Syn. p. 83; but not of Gmelin or
Latham, as the figure of Edwards, to which reference is
made, has the tail not rounded, but emarginate.
99. 24. Sylvicola agilis, Wils. Connecticut Wood Warbler.--Connecticut
Warbler.
Plate CXXXVIII. Male and Female.
Wings long, with the first quill longest, and exceeding the first
secondary by eleven-twelfths of an inch; middle toe and claw longer
than the tarsus; tail of moderate length, nearly even, with acuminate
feathers. Male olive-green above; a ring of yellowish-white round the
eye; the head, neck all round, and part of the breast ash-grey, the
sides greyish-green; the rest of the lower parts bright yellow. Female
olive-green above, yellow beneath, the sides of the neck and a band
across the breast tinged with brown.
_Male_, 5-3/4, 8.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Very rare. Migratory.
Connecticut Warbler, Sylvia agilis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p.
64.
Sylvia agilis, Bonap. Syn. p. 84.
Connecticut Warbler, Sylvia agilis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 399.
This species forms a connecting link between _Sylvicola_ and
_Trichas_, having the long pointed wings of the former, and the
general appearance of the latter, which it resembles, especially in
its tail, which is neither emarginate, nor marked with the white spots
seen on that of almost all the other Sylvicolæ, but which do not exist
in the genus Trichas. Some of the Sylvicolæ are, in like manner,
assimilated to Myiodoctes, and others to Vermivora. Of the former may
be mentioned, _Sylvicola Auduboni_ and _S. coronata_; of the latter,
_S. Blackburniæ_.
GENUS III. TRICHAS, Swains. GROUND-WARBLER.
Bill of moderate length, similar in form to that of Sylvicola,
differing only in being a little decurved. The general form does not
differ materially from that of Sylvicola, the head being ovate and of
moderate size, the neck short, the body rather slender; the feet of
moderate length, slender; tarsus slender, much compressed, longer
than the middle toe with its claw, anteriorly covered with eight
scutella, of which the upper are blended; toes of moderate size, hind
toe proportionally large, lateral toes equal, fourth adherent at the
base; claws rather long, arched, much compressed, laterally grooved,
very acute. Plumage soft and blended. Wings rather short, convex,
considerably rounded, the third and fourth quills longest, the fifth
little shorter. Tail of moderate length, rounded, always plain, or
without white spots.
100. 1. Trichas Macgillivrayi, Aud. Macgillivray's
Ground-Warbler.--Macgillivray's Warbler.
Plate CCCXCIX. Fig. 4. Male. Fig. 5. Female.
Wings rather short, the second quill longest, the fourth longer than
the first, the tail long, considerably rounded, its feathers rounded;
tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. Male olive-green above;
the head, hind part, and sides of the neck bluish-grey; the fore neck
and part of the breast greyish-black, lunulated with greyish-white; a
black loral band; a conspicuous white spot on each eyelid; the lower
parts bright yellow. Female olive-green above, yellow beneath, the
sides of the neck and a band across the breast ash-grey.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 6-1/2. _Female_, 5, wing 2-((4-1/2)/12).
Columbia River. Common.
Macgillivray's Warbler, Sylvia Macgillivrayi, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. v. p. 75.
101. 2. Trichas Philadelphia, Wils. Mourning Ground-Warbler.--Mourning
Warbler.
Wings of moderate length, with the second quill longest, the fourth
shorter than the first; the tail long, considerably rounded, its
feathers scarcely pointed; tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw.
Male olive-green above, the head, hind part and sides of the neck,
bluish-grey; the fore neck and part of the breast deep black,
lunulated with white; a blackish loral band, margins of eyelids dusky
grey; the lower parts bright yellow. Female olive-green above, yellow
beneath, the sides of the neck and a band across the breast ash-grey,
the throat yellowish-white.
_Male_, 5, 8.
New Jersey and Blue Mountains of Vermont. Rare. Migratory.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 101.
Sylvia Philadelphia, Bonap. Syn. p. 85.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
404.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 79.
102. 3. Trichas Marilandica, Linn. Maryland Ground-Warbler.--Maryland
Yellow-throat. Yellow-breasted Warbler.
Plate XXIII. Male and Female. Plate XXIV. Young Male.
Wings rather short, with the third and fourth quills longest, fifth
longer than second, first and sixth equal; tail considerably rounded,
the lateral feathers being three-twelfths shorter than the middle.
Male with a broad band of black across the forehead, including the
loral space and eyes, and terminating in a rather pointed form behind
the ear-coverts; over this band a narrow one of very pale blue, or
bluish-white; upper parts yellowish-green, on the head slightly tinged
with red; quills and tail-feathers wood-brown, margined with
yellowish-green; the edge of the wing and the margin of the outer
primary yellow; fore part of neck bright yellow, as is the anterior
part of the breast and the lower tail-coverts, the rest pale, the
sides shaded with dull yellowish-brown; the axillaries and some of the
lower wing-coverts white. Female with the upper parts lighter, the
lower less bright, tinged with reddish-brown, the head of pale
brownish-red, without the bands so conspicuous in the male. Young
similar to the female, the males with a black mystachial band.
_Male_, 4-3/4, 6-1/2.
From Texas northward to Nova Scotia, and throughout the interior;
Columbia River.
Maryland Yellow-throat, Sylvia Marilandica, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. i. p. 88, Male; v. ii. p. 163, Female.
Sylvia Marilandica, Bonap. Syn. p. 85.
Maryland Yellow-throat, Nutt. Man. v. i.
Yellow-breasted Warbler, or Maryland Yellow-throat, Sylvia
Trichas, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 121, Adult; v. v. p.
463.
Roscoe's Yellow-throat, Sylvia Roscoe, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i.
p. 124. Young.