F orm, &c., ty p ical; but the bill rather more elevated and less wide than that o f S. cestiva.
Tail, in our specimen, much worn, and appearing slightly notched.
D im en sio n s.
„ .i ' . „ ■ -Length from the tip of th e .b.i.l.l to the end ofI nches. Lines.
the tail . . . . . . 5 0
,, of the tail . . ' j 10
,, of the folded wing . . . 2 41
. „ of the bill,- from the angle of the
mouth * • . . . , Q 6J '
Len„g• th ooff tthhee btailrls,u ms easu.r ed alo.ng the ridge n<()eS Li5n*es „ of the middle toe 0 9 v of its daw . . . . 0 5f .of the hind toe 0 • 2 . ,, of its daw ■ .. . . 0 3 0 2*
[49.] 4. S y l v i c o l a c o r o n a t a . (Swainson.) Golden-crowned WardTer.
S ub-f a m il y , Parian*. Ge n u s , Sylvicola, Sw ain so n .
Golden-crowned Fly-catcher (Muscicapa aureo vertice). E dwards, pi. 298. '
Golden-crowned Warbler. T m . Arct. Zool., ii., p. 403, No. 294. Adult male , summer.
Dusky Warbler. I dem, ii, p. 410, No. 309. Autumnal.
Grasset Warbler. Idem, ii, p. 411, No. 314. Autumnal.
Belted Warbler. I d em , ii, p. 408, No. 306. Adult male; summer.
Sylvia coronata. B a t h . In i, ii, p. 538, sp. 115. Adult male; summer.
Sylviaumbria. Id em , ii, p. 618, sp. 34. Adult; autumn. . ’
Sylvia pinguis. Id em , ii, p. 543, sp. 132. Adult; autumnal. .
Sylvia cinota. I d em , ii, p. 539, sp. 116. Adult male ; summer.
Yellow-rump Warbler (Salvia, coronata). W ilson, ii, p. 138, pi. 17, f. 4 .. Summer male. I d em v. p. 121, pi. 46, f. 3. Winter plumage.
Sylvia coronata. Bonap. Syn., p. 78, No. 104.
This bird arrives on the banks of the Saskatchewan about the middle of May,
and continues there the whole summer, frequenting willow thickets and the
borders of streams and lakes, where the Myrica gale grows in abundance. It
seemed to be a shy, distrustful bird, at that season at least, affecting the darkest
places, and concealing itself with great dexterity when pursued. It departs in
September. I did not discover its nest, nor could I ascertain the extent of its
range to the northward. Wilson informs us that it reaches Pennsylvania from
the north early in October, in its olive dress, and frequents the cedar-trees
(Junvperus Virgimana), devouring the berries with, great avidity. After remaining
in that district for three or four months, it retires to spend the winter in Virginia
and the southern States, where it feeds much on the berries of the Myrica
cerifera. He found it in the southern parts of Georgia as late as the middle of
March, at which time it had partly assumed its slate-coloured dress, and was
informed that its change of colour was completed before it began its journey to
the north, in the beginning of April. About the twentieth of that month it
reappears in Pennsylvania, and remains for eight or ten days pursuing flies,
when it passes on to its breeding quarters in the north. Within the United
States this bird associates in considerable numbers; but in the fur-countries it
is seen only in pairs. D E S C R IP T IO N
Of a specimen, killed at Cumberland House, 28th May, 1827**
I C o l o u r .—Dorsal aspect of the head, neck, hack, tail coverts, and lesser wing coverts
bluish-grey, with a pitch-black oblong Stripe in the middle of each feather, small towards
the- head /and large on the back. An oval patch of bright gamboge on the crown ; a
broad band of the same colour on the rump, and another on each side of the breast. Sides
of the head and ears pitch-black. A narrow white line from the nostrils over the eye, with
a smaller one beneath. Quills, greater coverts, and tail blackish-brown. Greater and
lesser coverts each tipped with a narrow greyish-white band; quills wth
the same; tail feathers of a deeper tint than the quills, broadly margined with bluish-grey;
the three exterior ones largely blotched with white near the tips of their inner webs. Under
surface.-Chin and upper part of the throat white. The lower part of the neck, breast and
fore part of the belly and flanks pitch-black, with a few white edgings: middle of the breast
and all the posterior parts pure white. Bill and legs blackish-brown. 8 B M B I ■ Foru .-B iU much shorter than that of S. testiva, the bristles more like those of Setophaga
cucullata, Sw., and reaching to one half the length of the bill; but it is less wide posteriorly,
and has a less acute ridge than that of the Sylvia maculosa. Wmgs an inch shorter than the
tail The second and third quill feathers are the longest, the first is shorter than the fourth,
and this again is a line shorter than the third. The secondaries are truncated, and have an
obtuse notch at the end of their shafts. The tad is strongly emarginated m the middle, and
also slightly rounded, the third feather being the longest, the outer one half a line shorter,
and the middle pair about a lifte shorter: the ends of all these feathers are pointed. In
a very fine adult specimen, in Mr. Swainson’s museum, the two outer pairs of tall feathers
are th e longest.
Lin.
Length total . 6 0
of tail 2 6
„ of folded wing . 2 10*
„ of bill from rictus 0 7
Length of bill above1 .
,, • of tarsus
„ of middle toe .
4|l Length of middle claw
8a „ of hind toe
51 „ of hind daw .
—R.
• Although the sex of this speoimen was not ascertained, it agrees with Wilson's account of the male bird. The
plumage of the female, he says, is less vivid.—R. 2 F