89. 14. Sylvicola Rathbonii, Aud. Rathbone's Wood-Warbler.
Plate LXV. Male and Female.
Wings of ordinary length, the second quill longest; tail nearly even. The general colour of the plumage bright yellow, the upper parts olivaceous; quills and tail wood-brown, the former yellow on the outer web, the latter margined externally with the same. Female similar.
Male, 41/2.
Mississippi. Only one pair seen.
Rathbone Warbler, Sylvia Rathbonia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 333.
90. 15. Sylvicola petechia, Lath. Yellow Red-poll Wood-Warbler.
Plate CLXIII. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Young Male.
Plate CLXIV. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female.
Wings of ordinary length, with the outer three quills almost equal, the second longer than the first, which slightly exceeds the fourth; tail emarginate. Male with the crown of the head deep brownish-red, the upper parts yellowish-olive, streaked with brown, the rump greenish-yellow, without streaks; quills dusky brown, primaries edged with whitish, secondaries with yellowish; tail feathers dusky brown, margined with greenish-yellow, the outer two with a white patch on the inner web at the end, sometimes the outer white on both webs at the end; a bright yellow streak from the nostril over the eye; lore dusky; ear-coverts brownish-red; lower parts yellow, the sides of the neck, its lower part, and the sides of the body, streaked with deep red. Female similar to the male, but with the tints duller and paler, the red of the head scarcely apparent, and the fore-neck very faintly streaked. Young dull light greenish-brown, tinged with grey, the head streaked with dusky; lower parts yellowish-grey, the sides of the neck and body, with the breast, faintly streaked with greyish-brown.
Male, 41/2, 81/2.