A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. John James Audubon
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Male, 41/2, 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.
Azure Warbler, Sylvia azurea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 255, Male; v. v. p. 456.
Blue-green Warbler, Sylvia rara, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 258. Young Male.
87. 12. Sylvicola Blackburniæ, Lath. Blackburnian Wood-Warbler. – Blackburnian Warbler
Plate CXXXV. Male. Plate CCCXCIX. Fig. 3. Female.
Outer three quills nearly equal, first generally longest; tail slightly emarginate. Male black above, streaked with white; a small patch on the top of the head, a band from the base of the upper mandible over the eye, passing down the neck and curving forwards, and a small band under the eye, orange-yellow; lore and a patch behind the eye black; quills black, the outer margined with grey, the inner with white, of which there is a large patch on the wing, including the inner secondary coverts, and the tips of the outer, with those of the first row of small coverts; three outer tail-feathers on each side white, excepting an oblong portion toward the end, the next also partially white; throat and fore part of breast rich reddish-orange; breast dull yellow, the rest white; the sides of the neck and body streaked with black. Female with the upper parts light olivaceous, each feather dusky in the centre, the other parts as in the male, but the tints much paler, the spot on the top of the head greenish-yellow, the feathers tipped with dusky, the band over the eye pale yellow, that on the lore and ear-coverts brown, the fore part of the neck yellow, and the sides less strongly streaked than black.
Male, 43/4, 73/4. Female, 48/12, wing 27½/12.
From Texas northward. Rather rare. Migratory.
Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniæ, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 67.
Sylvia Blackburniæ, Bonap. Syn. p. 80.
Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniæ, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 379.
Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniæ, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 208; v. v. p. 78.
88. 13. Sylvicola æstiva, Gmel. Yellow-Poll Warbler
Plate XCV. Male. Plate XXXV. Young Male and Female.
Outer four quills nearly equal, second longest; tail emarginate. Male with the upper parts pale yellowish-green, the rump greenish-yellow, the fore part of the head, cheeks, throat, sides of the neck and lower parts pure yellow, the breast and sides streaked with brownish-red; feathers of the wings deep brown, primaries margined with yellowish-green, secondaries, their coverts, and the first row of small coverts with yellow; tail-feathers brown, with the greater part of the inner webs and a portion of the outer yellow, excepting the middle two. Female similar, but with the colours less bright, and the streaks on the breast and sides obsolete. Young with the upper parts yellowish-green, tinged with brown, forehead, sides of head, and lower parts deep yellow.
Male, 43/4, 8.
From Texas northward, and throughout the interior. Abundant. Migratory.
Blue-eyed Warbler, Sylvia citrinella, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 111.
Sylvia æstiva, Bonap. Syn. p. 83.
Yellow-poll Warbler, Sylvia æstiva, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 476. Adult Male.
Children's Warbler, Sylvia Childrenii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 180. Young.
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.
From Texas northward. Very abundant. Spends the winter in all the Southern States.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. vi. p. 19.
Sylvia petechia, Bonap. Syn. p. 83; S. palmarium, p. 78.
Sylvicola petechia, Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Swain. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 215.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 364.
Yellow Red-poll Warbler, Sylvia petechia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 259, Adult Male and Young; p. 360, Adult Male and Female.
91. 16. Sylvicola Americana, Lath. Blue Yellow-backed Wood-Warbler, – Yellow-backed Warbler, – Blue Yellow-back Warbler
Plate XV. Male and Female.
Bill much attenuated; outer three quills nearly equal, first or second longest; tail almost even, with the feathers pointed. Male with the upper parts light blue, the fore part of the back yellowish-green; two broad bands of white on the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary coverts, and first row of small coverts; quills and tail-feathers dusky, margined with blue; a white spot on the outer three of the latter; loral space black; both eyelids with a white spot; throat yellow, with whitish patches, a lunular band of blackish on the fore neck; breast yellow, spotted with dull orange, the rest of the lower parts yellowish, fading into