_Male_, 5-1/4, 7-5/8. _Female_, 5, 7-1/4.
From Texas to Nova Scotia. In the interior to Kentucky. Rather rare. Migratory.
Golden-winged Warbler, Sylvia chrysoptera, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 113.
Golden-winged Warbler, Sylvia chrysoptera, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 411.
Golden-winged Warbler, Sylvia chrysoptera, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 154.
108. 5. Helinaia Bachmanii, Aud. Bachman's Swamp-Warbler.
Bill nearly as long as the head, slightly decurved, much attenuated; outer four quills nearly equal, second longest, tail even. Male with the upper parts yellowish-green, the feathers of the crown black, with greyish margin; the hind neck grey; forehead, a line over the eye, cheeks, chin, sides of neck, flexure of wing, lower wing-coverts, and breast, yellow; sides greenish-grey, lower tail-coverts white; a patch of black, enlarging beneath, on the fore neck; quills and tail greyish-brown; a patch of white on each of the tail-feathers, excepting the middle. Female with the tints fainter, the forehead yellowish-green, the fore neck dusky.
_Male_, 4-1/12, 6-1/4. _Female_, 3-10/12.
Bachman's Warbler, Sylvia Bachmanii, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 483.
109. 6. Helinaia carbonata, Aud. Carbonated Swamp-Warbler.
Bill shorter than the head, straight, very acute; wing with the second quill longest; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper part of the head black; fore part of back, smaller wing-coverts, and sides dusky green, spotted with black; a line over the eye, the sides of the neck, throat, the rest of the lower parts, and the rump yellow.
Kentucky. Only two specimens procured. Migratory.
Carbonated Warbler, Sylvia carbonata, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 308.
110. 7. Helinaia peregrina, Wils. Tennessee Swamp-Warbler.
Bill shorter than the head, straight, very acute; wing with the second and third quills longest; tail nearly even. Upper parts yellowish-olive, the head darker; lower parts cream-coloured, fading behind into white; a pale yellow line over the eye; quills and tail-feathers dusky, the primaries margined with whitish, the secondaries with greenish-yellow.
Florida to New York, and in the interior to Kentucky. Rare. Migratory.
Tennessee Warbler, Sylvia peregrina, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 83.