The  Prairie  Warbler  is  about  5  inches  in  length,  and  7  in  alar  ex-
tent. Above  yellow-olive,  inclining  to  green,  and  considerably
brighter  on  the  crown  ;  a  few  pale  bay  spots  mingled  with  the  olive
on  the  upper  part  of  the  back.  From  the  nostrils,  over  and  under
the  eye,  yellow.  Lores  black.  Below  rich  yellow ;  vent  pale  yel-
low. Wings  dusky  ;  coverts  edged  and  tipt  with  pale  yellow ;  quills
and  dusky  tail  edged  with  yellow  olive.
PARTICOLORED  WARBLER,  OR  FINCH  CREEPER.   397

PARTICOLORED  WARBLER,  or  FINCH
CREEPER.
(Sylvia  americana,  Lath.  Audubon,  pi.  13.  Orn.  Biog.  i.  p.  78.
S.  pusilla,  Wilson,  iv.  p.  17.  pi.  28.  fig.  3.  Phil.  Museum,  No.
6910.)

Sp.  Charact.  —  Dusky  blue;  interscapular  region  brownish  yel-
low olive;  throat  and  lower  mandible  yellow;  belly  white;
wings  with  2  white  bars ;  lateral  tail-feathers  marked  interiorly
with  white.  —  Male  with  a  black  crescent,  and  with  the  breast
tinged  with  orange.  —  Female  without  the  crescent  and  orange
color  on  the  breast.  —  Young,  brownish-grey  ;  beneath  muddy
white.
