100. 1. Trichas Macgillivrayi, Aud. Macgillivray's Ground-Warbler.--Macgillivray's Warbler.
Plate CCCXCIX. Fig. 4. Male. Fig. 5. Female.
Wings rather short, the second quill longest, the fourth longer than the first, the tail long, considerably rounded, its feathers rounded; tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. Male olive-green above; the head, hind part, and sides of the neck bluish-grey; the fore neck and part of the breast greyish-black, lunulated with greyish-white; a black loral band; a conspicuous white spot on each eyelid; the lower parts bright yellow. Female olive-green above, yellow beneath, the sides of the neck and a band across the breast ash-grey.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 6-1/2. _Female_, 5, wing 2-((4-1/2)/12).
Macgillivray's Warbler, Sylvia Macgillivrayi, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 75.
101. 2. Trichas Philadelphia, Wils. Mourning Ground-Warbler.--Mourning Warbler.
Wings of moderate length, with the second quill longest, the fourth shorter than the first; the tail long, considerably rounded, its feathers scarcely pointed; tarsus longer than the middle toe and claw. Male olive-green above, the head, hind part and sides of the neck, bluish-grey; the fore neck and part of the breast deep black, lunulated with white; a blackish loral band, margins of eyelids dusky grey; the lower parts bright yellow. Female olive-green above, yellow beneath, the sides of the neck and a band across the breast ash-grey, the throat yellowish-white.
New Jersey and Blue Mountains of Vermont. Rare. Migratory.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 101.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 404.
Mourning Warbler, Sylvia Philadelphia, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 79.
102. 3. Trichas Marilandica, Linn. Maryland Ground-Warbler.--Maryland Yellow-throat. Yellow-breasted Warbler.
Plate XXIII. Male and Female. Plate XXIV. Young Male.
Wings rather short, with the third and fourth quills longest, fifth longer than second, first and sixth equal; tail considerably rounded, the lateral feathers being three-twelfths shorter than the middle. Male with a broad band of black across the forehead, including the loral space and eyes, and terminating in a rather pointed form behind the ear-coverts; over this band a narrow one of very pale blue, or bluish-white; upper parts yellowish-green, on the head slightly tinged with red; quills and tail-feathers wood-brown, margined with yellowish-green; the edge of the wing and the margin of the outer primary yellow; fore part of neck bright yellow, as is the anterior part of the breast and the lower tail-coverts, the rest pale, the sides shaded with dull yellowish-brown; the axillaries and some of the lower wing-coverts white. Female with the upper parts lighter, the lower less bright, tinged with reddish-brown, the head of pale brownish-red, without the bands so conspicuous in the male. Young similar to the female, the males with a black mystachial band.