BIRDS OF MINNESOTA. 377 



I am credibly informed that the bird has been found nesting 

 in St. Louis county, a statement I am ready to believe from my 

 own knowledge of the habits of the species. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Above blue, the middle of the back with a patch of yellowish 

 green; beneath yellow anteriorly, white behind; a reddish 

 brown tinge across the breast; lores and space around the eye 

 dusky; a small white spot on either eyelid; sides of head and 

 neck like the crown; two conspicuous white bands on the wings; 

 outer two tail feathers with a conspicuous spot of white. 



Length, 4.75; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.90. 



Habitat, eastern United States, west to the Plains. 



DENDROICA TIGRINI (Gmelin). (650.) 

 CAPE MAY WARBLER. 



This is another species of warbler that is occasionally seen 

 in its autumnal migration, and is quite common for a short 

 time, beginning about the 10th of May and sometimes nearly a 

 week earlier. With so many observations of its migrating 

 habits in this longitude, it is a matter of regret that my notes 

 include no discoveries of its nest up to the present time. 



It was somewhat singular that it should have escaped my 

 notice so long as it did, and subsequently have been met with 

 so many times, but such has been the case with many other 

 species. It was first obtained in this locality — Minneapolis — 

 on the 15th of May, 1875, by T, S. Roberts, and in the follow- 

 ing year, May 11th, by several collectors. Correspondents 

 from widely severed portions of the State have reported the 

 Cape May Warbler in spring migrations. I have never obtained 

 the nest, but have found this warbler considerably further 

 south than Minneapolis during the month of June, and it has 

 been reported nearly as late in the spring at Lanesboro, thus 

 rendering it assured that they breed with us, notwithstanding 

 the fact that no nests have been discovered. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 



Bill very acute, conical and decidedly curved; bill and feet 

 black, upper part of head dull black, some of the feathers 

 faintly margined with light yellowish brown; collar scarcely 

 meeting behind; rump and under parts generally rich yellow; 

 throat, fore part of breast and sides streaked with black; 

 abdomen and lower tail coverts pale yellow, brighter about the 

 vent; ear coverts light reddish chestnut; back part of a yellow 

 line from nostrils over the eye, of this same color; chin and 

 throat also tinged with it; a black line from commissure through 



