Yellow-throated Warbler, Sylvia pensilis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 434.
80. 5. Sylvicola castanea, Wils. Bay-breasted Wood-Warbler.--Bay-breasted Warbler.
Outer three quills almost equal, fourth considerably shorter; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper part of the head, the fore neck, and the sides, chestnut-red; forehead and cheeks, including a small space over the eye, deep black, behind which is a transverse patch of yellowish-white on the sides of the neck; back bluish ash-grey, streaked with black; tips of the secondary coverts and first row of small coverts white; quills and tail-feathers brownish-black edged with grey, the outer three of the latter with a white patch on the inner web near the end; middle of breast, abdomen, and lower tail-coverts, white, tinged with reddish. Female similar to the male, but with the tints fainter, especially the chestnut of the head and throat, which are converged into light brownish-red.
From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory.
Bay-breasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 97.
Bay-breasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 382.
Bay-breasted Warbler, Sylvia castanea, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 358.
81. 6. Sylvicola icterocephala, Lath. Chestnut-sided Wood-Warbler.--Chestnut-sided Warbler.
Outer three quills nearly equal, second slightly longer; tail slightly emarginate. Male with the upper part of the head light yellow, a small part of the forehead white; loral space and two bands proceeding from it, one over and behind the eye, the other downwards, black; upper parts bluish ash-grey, tinged behind with greenish-yellow, and streaked with black; secondary coverts and first row of small coverts largely tipped with pale yellow; quills and tail-feathers brownish-black, primaries edged with greyish-white, secondaries with yellowish-green; outer three tail-feathers on each side with a white patch on the inner web at the end; lower parts white, sides of the neck and body deep chestnut. Female similar, but with the chestnut on the sides less extended, and the yellow on the head tinged with green.
From Texas northward. Rather common. Migratory.
Chestnut-sided Warbler, Sylvia icterocephala, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. i. p. 99.