. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ht ash-grey, of the lower white; the upper part of the head, and a patchon the wing, formed by the first row of small coverts and the secondarycoverts, bright yellow; a band from the bill to the eye, continued under it,and enlarging behind, so as to include the ear-coverts, together with thethroat, to the extent of about an inch, black; a white band from over theeyes to behind the ears, and another from the lower mandible down theside of the neck, enlarging as it proceeds; the sides under the wings verypal
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . ht ash-grey, of the lower white; the upper part of the head, and a patchon the wing, formed by the first row of small coverts and the secondarycoverts, bright yellow; a band from the bill to the eye, continued under it,and enlarging behind, so as to include the ear-coverts, together with thethroat, to the extent of about an inch, black; a white band from over theeyes to behind the ears, and another from the lower mandible down theside of the neck, enlarging as it proceeds; the sides under the wings verypale ash-grey. The quills and tail-feathers are brown, edged with ash-grey;the outer three feathers of the tail have a large portion of the inner web white. Length to end of tail 4$ inches, to end of wings 3^; extent of wings 7-f;bill along the ridge jf, along the edge of lower mandible y§; wing fromflexure 2jS; tail 2?; tarsus y|j hind toe T32, its claw T\; middle toe, -/j itsclaw TV Adult Female. The female resembles the male, but has the tints less bright, the sides of N?22. PL 10 8. aS , ^f)a*>A?ruz<?7 & - /// y/ ///// - < /// Y/ ///// . Uak 2 Formic r^trr I BACHMANS SWAMP-WARBLER. 93 the head and the throat grey instead of black, and the white bands on thehead narrower and less extended. Length to end of tail 4 inches, to end of wings 3§; extent of wings 1\. BACHMANS SWAMP-WARBLER. f Helinaia Bachmanii, Jiud. PLATE CVIIL—Male and Female. My friend Bachman has the merit of having discovered this pretty littlespecies of Warbler, and to him I have the pleasure of acknowledging myobligations for the pair which you will find represented in the plate, accom-panied with a figure of one of the most beautiful of our southern flowers,originally drawn by my friends sister, Miss Martin. I myself have neverhad the good fortune to meet with any individuals of this interesting Sylvia,respecting which little is as yet known, its discoverer having only procureda few specimens of
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