Plate XIV. Male and Female.
Wings rather short, with the outer four quills nearly equal, the second and third longest; tail emarginate and rounded. Male with the upper parts yellowish-green, the back spotted with chestnut-red; lower parts, and a band over the eye, bright yellow; two bands of dull yellow on the wing; outer four tail-feathers with a white patch on the inner web; a small streak before and behind the eye, one on the cheek, a spot on the side of the neck, and oblong markings on the sides, black. Female similar, but paler, especially beneath, and without the black streaks on the side of the head.
Male, 5, 7.
From Texas to Massachusetts. Migratory. Abundant.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia minuta, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 87.
Sylvia discolor, Bonap. Syn. p. 83.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 294.
Prairie Warbler, Sylvia discolor, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 76.
98. 23. Sylvicola montana, Wils. Blue-Mountain Warbler.
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, 41/12, wing 26/12.
Blue Mountains. Only one individual seen.