Plate CLXXVIII. Male and Female.
Bill shorter than the head, very much attenuated; wings with the outer
four quills almost equal, the second longest; tail even. Male with the
upper parts dull green, the rump yellowish-green; a patch of dull
reddish-orange on the crown, concealed by the grey tips of the
feathers; lower parts dull olivaceous yellow; lower tail-coverts light
yellow; quills and tail-feathers greyish-brown, edged with
yellowish-green. Female similar, with the orange on the crown duller.
Young with the lower parts paler, and without red on the head.
This species and the next seem to form the transition from the
Sylvicolinæ to the Reguli, as _Mniotilta varia_ does to the Certhiæ.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 7-11/12.
In summer from Texas to Nova Scotia. Winters in the southern states.
Columbia River. Rather common.
Sylvia celata, Say, Long's Exped. v. i. p. 169.
Sylvia celata, Bonap. Syn. p. 38.
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. i.
p. 45.
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
413.
Orange-crowned Warbler, Sylvia celata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii.
p. 449.