Plate CLXXXV. Male and Female.
Bill nearly as long as the head, slightly decurved, much attenuated;
outer four quills nearly equal, second longest, tail even. Male with
the upper parts yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown black, with
greyish margin; the hind neck grey; forehead, a line over the eye,
cheeks, chin, sides of neck, flexure of wing, lower wing-coverts, and
breast, yellow; sides greenish-grey, lower tail-coverts white; a patch
of black, enlarging beneath, on the fore neck; quills and tail
greyish-brown; a patch of white on each of the tail-feathers,
excepting the middle. Female with the tints fainter, the forehead
yellowish-green, the fore neck dusky.
_Male_, 4-1/12, 6-1/4. _Female_, 3-10/12.
South Carolina. Rare. Migratory.
Bachman's Warbler, Sylvia Bachmanii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
483.