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FEMALE GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER.
SYLVIA CHRYSOPTERA.
Plate I. Fig; ;S§|i
■ See Wilson's American Ornithology, tt3, PL 15, fig.> 5v-for the Male;
Motacilla chrysoptera, Linn. Syst. I, p. 333, Sp. 20. Gmel. Syst. I, p. 971, Sp, 20;Qkjde.}
Sylvia chrysoptera, Lath. Ind. p. 541, Sp. 123. Vieill. Ois.deVAm. Sept. TI, p. 3g,
’ B£97,’ (Male.)
MotacÈa Jkwifrons, Gmel. Systî^^ÿfy6,"Sp. 126", (Male.)
Sylvia Jfamfrons, Lath. Ind. p. 527, Sp. '69J (MMe:)îy
Fieedula Pensylvanica cinerea gutture nigro, Brisson. Ar. Snpplîjphil.OO, SuffiO. (Male.)
Figuier aux ailes dorées, Bute. Ois. ■Y, p. 311, (Male.)
Goldeuunnged Flycatcher, Edwards, Glean. Et, p. 189, PI iOj), t(M,Je )
Gold-winged Warbler, Penn. Arct. Zool. Sp".„2,!ϧ. Lath. Syn. II, Part II,/p. 492,
‘ Sp. j 18, (Male.)
Ÿellow-fronted Warbler, Pens. Aral. Zool. ^ S ^ S “i|l^TH'. Syn. II, Part
(Male.)
Parus «Ês aureis, the Golden-winged Flycatcher, Bartram, Trav. p. Ml,^(-M^î.)H|
. ' Philadelphia Museum, Ko. 701'$ Mdv^ïi®P8|Fcmàe#k'1
T he female pf • tBâs*riretty little Warbler» fiitherto^iuiknowxirtoi^^r
naturalist# is now figured and describediforthe first-time. Fpr/thg
Opportunity of- presenting it to the reader, we-are indebted to Mr.
Titian Peale* who shot it on the twenty-fourth of May, near Camden,
New-Jersey^ and,, {forth his usual kindness, and zeal for Natural
History/ communicated it to us for this work.
This little Warbler differs so materially from its mate, as to re-
distinct figure and description, in order to be recognized;
yet we cannot fail to perceive- a kind of family resemblance between
the-ls'ëases*; and, by comparing the two descriptions and accompanying
figures, our readers will agree with us that they are but one and
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the same specks, .in a different garniture of plumage. The distribution
of markings i$ really, similar in both sexes; but in the femali
the colours are paler, and:J*reeh prevails on those parts which, in the
male, arepo^a darkslate-c®liMj|<, f,
' The demale/ of/the^blde'n-foTnged Warbler1^ four and a half
inches long. M®pe bill is blackish, straight, entire, denuded, and
gradually tapering to a sharp point. The feet are brownish-ash;
Stf&nndes/j dark brown. ■ The; fhoritsps! goMen-yellow, the top of the
head bright olive-yellow; the' back'of the' headj and superior parts
dffithe* neck!ahd*(b,cyl®are of a pale plumbeoilts.'hue, the feathers
being tipped with yeffow|ffMfgmor e particularly on’ the lUpif); the
superior tail coverts'(are pure pale pl|tahu©U,s- u,A wide slate-coloured
stripe passes through the .eye^ffnni^tfe bill!and dilates on the cheeks;
|M||iS!niargined .fey; a white line above the'lye^ drib ■ by an wider, one on
each side of the throat. hfEh^ throat ik|jf a paile'slate-colour, becoming
still paler, on the breast. .W/EleS remaining under parts are whitish,
ox&asipnalU isjUgedta.il lij j el low. and with slatercoloui1 on the flanks.
The wings ate ol llic ■iaine < cfloifr uv ty^TbdO/k. but somewhat darker,
ahdC a^^rhf^i'd by two wide bands ofeg^Mlgelfow. formed by the
tips of the first and second m y ; of wing cotOTS; h The primaries
are duajj^v margined on tBj$texte£ior w^Kwith pale, and on the inner
broadly with white.,. The secondaries are broadly pmrgmcd with
yellow-olive, on the- and with white on, the inner web.
ufee,ta^i||imar-ly.even at tip/of a dusk^pl|^l|edns^Colour; the three
lateral feathers. ||||||||£ large pure whitg ^» ii on p fp iimer web.
Tins las® essential character ajMexists in the male, though Wilson
has not mentioned it. As to;,the mariners and habits of. the species,
he has given us no information, that it is rare, and remains
only astern days/iin Pennsylvania. He s4%| nothing of the female,
and, Vgeillot neyen Sam it.
We regret that we are unacquainted with the form of its nest, and
the peculiarity of its sorig. We. can only state,, that during its short
stay in Pennsylvania, it is soMfary and silent, gleaning amongst
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