Plate CXCVIII. Male.
Bill as long as the head, much compressed; wings rather long, second
and third quills equal and longest; tail even; upper parts
olive-brown, the head strongly tinged with red; lower parts and a band
over the eye pale yellowish-grey, the feathers on the cheeks tipped
with brown, the sides of the neck and body more grey, the abdomen
whitish.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 8-1/2.
South Carolina to Massachusetts. Very rare. Migratory.
Swainson's Warbler, Sylvia Swainsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 568; v. v. p. 462.