216 HARTFORD WARBLER.
The wings, which are very short, have the first quill feather the
smallest, the second, of the same Length as the seventh, the third and
the sixth equal, the fourth and fifth also equal, and the longest;
underneath, the wings are purple grey; greater and lesser wing coverts,
blackish brown, edged with grey; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries,
b l a c k i s h brown, edged with grey or rusty olive-colour. The tail, which
is long, extending two inches beyond the closed wings, and cuneiform
or wedge-shaped, is blackish brown, the side feathers, which are nearly
half an inch shorter than the middle ones, tipped and margined with
greyish white; underneath, it is purple grey; upper tail coverts, greyish
black; under tail coverts, reddish purple grey. Tegs and toes, light
reddish brown; claws, dusky.
The female resembles the male, but is more tinged with light brown
on the upper parts, and on the lower is of a lighter rufous; the throat
is more streaked with whitish.
The young are similarly marked; the eye is yellowish.