A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
Black-throated Green Warbler, Sylvia virens, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. iv. p. 70.
85. 10. Sylvicola maritima, Wils. Cape May Wood-Warbler.
Plate CCCCXIV. Male and Female.
Wings pointed, first quill longest, the second a quarter of a twelfth
shorter, the third a twelfth shorter; tail slightly emarginate. Male
with the upper part of the head and fore part of the back
yellowish-olive, streaked with black; the rump, throat, and a collar
scarcely meeting behind, yellow; ear-coverts and a band over the eye
yellowish-red, loral space paler; a white patch on the wing, formed by
the first row of small coverts and the outer edges of the secondary
coverts; quills and tail-feathers blackish-brown, edged with dull
greyish-white, the secondaries more broadly; tail-feathers edged with
yellow at the base, the outer three with a white patch on the inner
web near the end; lower parts yellow, streaked with black, abdomen and
lower tail-coverts white, the latter tinged with yellow. Female
similar to the male, with the tints duller, the dusky streaks on the
upper parts very faint, the rump greenish-yellow, the ear-coverts dull
yellow, the white of the abdomen more extended, and the black streaks
on the breast less distinct.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
New Jersey, and Blue Mountains of Vermont. Exceedingly rare.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iv. p.
99.
Sylvia maritima, Bonap. Syn. p. 79.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima. Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 156.
Cape May Warbler, Sylvia maritima, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p.
156.
86. 11. Sylvicola cœrulea, Wils. Cœrulean Wood-Warbler.
Plate XLVIII. Males. Plate XLIX. Young Male.
Wings long, with the outer three quills nearly equal, the first and
second longest; tail slightly emarginate, upper parts of a fine light
blue, brighter on the head, the back marked with longitudinal streaks
of blackish; a narrow band of black from the forehead along the lore
to behind the eye; two conspicuous white bands on the wings, formed by
the tips of the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts;
quills black, margined with pale blue; tail-feathers black, edged with
blue, all with a white patch on the inner web near the end; lower
parts white, with a band of dark bluish-grey across the fore neck, and
oblong spots of the same along the sides. Female with the upper parts
light bluish-green, the lower and a streak over the eye very pale
yellow. Young of both sexes like the female.
_Male_, 4-1/2, 8.
From Texas to Nova Scotia. Columbia River. Rather common. Migratory.
Cœrulean Warbler, Sylvia cœrulea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
ii. p. 141. Male.
Blue-green Warbler, Sylvia rara, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p.
119. Young.
Sylvia azurea, Bonap. Syn. p. 85.
Sylvia rara, Bonap. Syn. p. 82.
Cœrulean Warbler, Sylvia azurea, Bonap. Amer. Orn. v. ii.
p. 27. Female.
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