| Summary: | gold Went this day Shooting Killd (2) a very small but beautiful bird Calld here a Gold bird described N� 9: [_Wilsonia pusilla pusilla_ (Wilson)][S]57[S] --- [S]57[S] Bank's account of Wilson's Warbler, _Wilsonia pusilla_, in the McGill MS, p. 92, has the appropriate number for this entry, 26:2, no. 9. He appears to have used the name Gold Bird for two different warblers, _W. pusilla,_ and the Yellow Warbler _Dendroica petechia amnicola_ Batchelder. A descriptive note below Parkinson's painting, p1.83, of the Yellow warbler is a quotation from Linnaeus. (see Systematic List, p. 419). There were four skins of 'gold birds' in Bank's keg. See also n.58. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story OCT 1971 JH OCT 1971 Used I Used I 3 Used I
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