. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 214 OIlNlTHOLOaY AND OOLOGY. m HELMINTHOPHAOA UHSTSOPTEEA. — Cabanit. The Oolden-wingod Warbler. Motndlln chry»j)lerrr, Linnicus. Sy4. Nut., I. (1706) 833. Gm. S
. Ornithology and oölogy of New England [microform] : containing full descriptions of the birds of New England and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature : together with a complete history of their habits, times of arrival and departure ... : with illustrations of many species of the birds and accurate figures of their eggs. Ornithology; Birds; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux; Oiseaux. 214 OIlNlTHOLOaY AND OOLOGY. m HELMINTHOPHAOA UHSTSOPTEEA. — Cabanit. The Oolden-wingod Warbler. Motndlln chry»j)lerrr, Linnicus. Sy4. Nut., I. (1706) 833. Gm. Syst. Nat., I (1788) it71. Si/kiii chriisopterti, Wilson. A\n. ' Mu . II. (1810) 113. Dksciiii'tion. Uppor pnrts uniforiu Idiiish-pray; lln' lu'iid aliin-o niul n large pntoh on tlin wiiips yclldw; I) liriiad utrcnk IVdni tlif MM tliriiiif^li and Ix'liiiid tlie eye, witli tliu iliin, tliniat, and li)r('|)ait ol'tlie breast, lilack; Ihr oxtciiuil imIj^u of the yellow crown con- tinuous with a hroad pateh on the side of the oceiput above the aurii iilars, a broad nlaxillar^' stripe widening on the side of the iici \. llie 'iikKi (larts p'lierally, with •nidst of the inner webs of tlu' outer three tail feathers white; the sides of the body pali^ asheolor. Female similar, but duller. Lenfjth, about live inelies; win^', two and one-hundrudths inuhcs; tail, two and twenty-live one-hundredths inelies. "This liaiulsomoly marked species has liilhcrto been con- sidcicd a very rare bird in Now England ; but it is less uncommon tlian it is sui)posed to be. The first one I saw was cauglit by a cat in a garden in West Newton, Mass. Tins was on May 1(5, 1S(J1. That year, and since, I have found it occurring, in small numbers, from the 14th to the 80th of J[ay. The higher branches of trees, in the vicinity of swampy land, appear to bo its favorite hunting-places. It may be seen seeking its food quite diligently along tin; branches and among the twigs, moving by short leap
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