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nearly white, the sides tinged with dirty brown, even if the (gener- 

 ally present) trace of chestnut be wanting on the sides. There is a 

 buff tinge to the under tail-coverts ; the quills are abruptly margined 

 with white, and there are no traces (however obsolete) of streaks on 

 the breast. In D. striata the under parts are quite uniformly washed 

 with greenish yellow nearly as far back as the vent, the sides of the 

 breast and sometimes of the belly with obsolete streaks; no trace 

 of the uniform dirty reddish brown on the sides ; the under tail- 

 coverts are pare white. The quills are only gradually paler towards 

 the inner edge, instead of being rather abruptly white." (Hist. N. 

 Am. B.) 



Comparatively little is known of the habits of this species. It 

 passes by in spring and fall, being sometimes abundant at both sea- 

 sons, but does not tarry long. It breeds in the dense coniferous 

 forests of the north, from the shores of Lake Superior to northern 

 Maine. In general habits, at all times, it closely resembles other 

 species of the genus. 



In Oxford county, Maine, says Mr. Maynard*, "these birds are 

 found in all the wooded sections of this region, where they frequent 

 the tops of tall trees. The first part of the song is like that of the 

 Black-poll Warbler, but it has a terminal warble similar to that of 

 the Redstart, to which it bears a striking resemblance, with the ex- 

 ception that it is given with less energy. This species seems to be 

 confined during the building season to the region just north of the 

 White Mountains range." 



Dendroica striata (Forst.) 



BLACK-POLL WARBLER 



Muscicapa striata FOKST. Philos. Trans. Ivii, 1772. 406, 428. 



Sylvia striata LATH. WILS. Am. Orn. iv,1811, 40,pl. 30, flg. 3; vl, 1812, ini.pl. 54,flg. 2. 



NUTT. Man. i, 1832,383. AUD. Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 201, pi. 133. 

 Syhni ola striata Sw. & KICH. F. B. A. ii, 1831,218. AUD. Synop. 1839, 53; B. Am. ii,1841, 



28, pi. 78. 

 DenUrnica striatn BAIED, B. N. Am. 1858,280; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 202: Eeview,18G5, 



192. B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. i. 1874, 248, pi. 13, fig. 9. 

 Dendrceca striata BLAKIST. Ibis, 1803,62. COUES, Key 1872,100; Check List, 1873, No. 81; 



2d ed. 1882, No. 122; B. N. W. 1874, 60; B. Col. Val. 1878, 288. RIDGW. Norn. N. Am. B. 



1881, No. 101. 



HAS. In summer, northern North America, breeding from northern New England 

 and coast of Labrador to the coast of Alaska (as far south as Fort Kenai) and shores of 

 the Arctic Ocean; migrating through eastern United States; wintering in Cuba (rare) and 

 parls of South America (Colombia and Chili?). 



* Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, ilv, Oct. 18, 1871, pp. 10,11. 



