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tropical winter quarters. It possesses nothing specially distinctive 

 in its habits, either during the breeding season or when migrating, 

 and, compared with some other species, may be -considered as one 

 of the least abundant of its family, although common enough some 

 seasons. 



Dendroica coronata (Linn.) 



MYRTLE WARBLER. 



Popular synonyms Myrtle Bird; Yellow-rump Warbler; Yellow-crowned Wood Warbler. 



Motacilla coronata LINN. S. N. ed. 12, i, 1766, 333. 

 Sylvia coronata LATH. WILS. Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 138, pi. 17. fig. 4. NUTT. Man. i, 1832, 361. 



AUD. Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, SOS. pi. 153. 

 Sylvicola coronata Sw. & RICH. F. B. A. ii,1831. 216. AUD. Synop. 1839, 51; B. Am. ii,18il, 



23, pi. 76. NUTT. Man. 2d ed. i, 1840, 411. 



Dendroica coronata GRAY, List Gen. B. App. 1842,8. BAIED. B. N. Am. 1858,278; Cat. N. 

 Am. B. 1859. No. 194; Review, 1865, 187. B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i, 1874, 227, pi. 12, 

 figs. 9, 12. 

 Dendrceca coronata SCL. COUES, Key, 1872, 100; Check List, 1873, No. 78; 2d ed. 1882, No. 



119; B. N. W. 1874,57; B. Col. Val. 1878,278. -RiDGW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881, No. 95. 

 HAB. Whole of North America, but chiefly east of Rocky Mountains; very rare, and 

 perhaps merely straggling during migrations, in western portions, although sometimes 

 not uncommon in California. Breeds from northern New England northwards, and per- 

 haps southward along higher Alleghanies. Resident in Jamaica; winters in greater por- 

 tion of Eastern U. S. (regularly north to about 40), and also in Mexico, Guatemala and 

 the Greater Antilles. 



"Sp. CHAK. Above bluish-ash, streaked with black. Under parts white. The fore- 

 part of breast and the sides black, the feathers mostly edged narrowly with white. 

 Crown, rump, and sides of breast yellow. Cheeks and lores black. The eyelids and a 

 superciliary stripe, two bands on the wing and spots on the outer three tail feathers 

 white. Female of duller plumage and browner above. Length, 5.65; wing, 3.00; tail, 2 5(>. 



"Autumnal and winter birds are very much duller and more obscurely colored, the 

 upper parts of an umber cast with the streaks almost obsolete; the black of the breast 

 wanting or but just indicated, and the yellow patch on crown almost concealed by the 

 brown tips to the feathers, and those on side of breast quite dull. 



"A spring male (52,283) from Washington is remarkable in having the adjoining series 

 of feathers down the middle of the back with their inner webs broadly edged with yellow. 

 In this respect it differs from all others that we have noticed." (Hist. JV. Am, B.) 



In the southern portion of the State (north at least to the line of 

 the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad), this species is usually an abun- 

 dant winter resident. It may often be seen in midwinter, when 

 the ground is covered with snow, in the door-yards along with Snow- 

 birds (Junco liyemalis), Tree Sparrows, and other familiar species, 



