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Dendroica coronata, PrRVY. 



YELLOW-RUMP WAKBLER ; MYRTLE WARBLER. 



MolaciUa coronnta, LiNX. Syst. Nut. I, 17ti(i, U:j:l Siili-iri cnrnimtii, Lath. ; ViEILLOT ; 

 WiLs. ; NuTT. ; AuD. Oni. Biog. II, pi. c-liii. Si/lmwla coroiuUa, Swains. ; Bon. ; AuD. 

 Birds, Am. II, pi. Ixxvi. — Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 59 (abuiidaut in April). Dendroica 

 coronata, GuAY, Genera, 1S42, 2. — Baiud, Birds N. Am. 1S58, 272 ; Rev. 187. — 

 Mauch, p. a. N. Se. 1863, 292 (.lamaica, in summer ; breeding). — GuxuL. Cab. Jour. 

 ISdl, 326 (Cuba ; common). — Cooi-iiii & Svckley, P. R. R. XII, ii, 1859, 180 (Puget 

 So\ind). — Sa.muels, 226. — Dall & IJannisteii (Alaska). — CooPEit, Orn. Cal. I, 

 1870, 89. Rhimaiiphus cor. Cab. Jour. 1855, 473 (Cuba). Motacilla canadensis, Linn. 

 12tU ed. 1766, 334 (Ficedida canadensis d/iierm, Br. Ill, 524, pi. xxvii, fig. 1). Parus 

 virf/inianus, Linn. 12th ed. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 342. MolaciUa timbria, cincki, jmujuis, 

 Gm. Sijlma xantlwpi/gia, Vieill. Sylvia xanthoroa, ViEiLL. 



Localites quoted : S. Greenland, Eeinhardt, Ibis, 1861, 5. Cordova, SCL. P. Z. S. 

 1856, 291. Xalapa, iB. 1859, 363. Guatemala, SCL. & Salv. 1859, 11. Panuma, 

 Lawr. Ann. N. Y. Lye. VIII, 63. Cuba, winter. Cab. Jour. Ill, 473. Balmmas, 

 winter, BiiY.iNT, Bost. Pr. VII, 1859. Jamaica, Gosse, Birds Jam. 155. St. Domin- 

 go, Salle, P. Z. S. 1S57, 231. Costa Rica, Lawr. Orizaba, wiuter, SuMicniiAsx. 



Sp. Char. .Above bluish-ash, streaked with Ijlack. Under parts wliite. Tiie forepart 

 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 lirowner above. Length, 5.6.5 ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.50. 



Hab. Eastern Province of Nortli America, and northward, extending sparsely along 

 United States boundary to Pacific Ocean ; Denver City, Colorado: Fort Yukon ; Greenland ; 

 Eastern Mexico to Panama R. R. ; Western West Indies and Bermuda. Breeds in Jamaica ! 



Atituiunal and winter liinl.s are very iiiurli duller and more obscurely col- 

 ored, the upper parts of au umber cast with the streaks almost obsolete ; the 

 black of the breast wanting or but just indicated, and the yellow patches 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. 



H.VBITS. The Yellow-crowned \Vood Warbler is one of the most common 

 species of this genus, as well as one of the most widely distributed. It is 

 found, at different seasons, throughout the eastern part of the continent, as 

 far west as the Great Plains, extending at the far north to the Pacific Ocean. 

 It has been found in Greenland, three specimens having been taken within 

 twenty years, and on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, and during the winter 

 in the West India Islands, Mexico, and Central America. Specimens from 

 Florida and Fort Steilacoom, Panama, Guatemala, and Jamaica, and from Fort 

 Eae. Anderson Piiver, and the Yukon, in the collection of the Smithsruiian In- 

 stitution, attest its wide distribution. In Jamaica, in the neighborliood of 



