230 N<JliTlI AMERICAN BIRDS. 



patch on the side of the breast, gamboge-yellow ; space beneath and anterior to the eyes, 

 forepai-t of breiist and sides, black ; this color extending liehind on the sides in streaks. 

 Middle of belly, under tail-coverts, a portion of upper and lower eyelids, and a broa'd band 

 on tlie wings, with a spot on each of the four or five exterior tail-feathers, white; rest 

 of tail-feathers black. Female brown above ; the other markings less conspicuous and less 

 black. Length, 5.25 ; wings, 3.20 ; tail, 2.25. Young, lirst plumage, whole body, includ- 

 ing head all round and rump, conspicuouslj' streaked with slaty-black upon an ashy ground 

 aliove and white below. Xo yellow on crown, rump, breast, or throat. Wings and tail as 

 in autumnal adult. 



H.vB. Western and Middle Provinces of the United States; Cape St. Lucas; Western 

 Mexico and Orizaba? Oaxaea (cold regions, October, SclatkI!) ; Guatemala (Salvin). 



Tliis bird is very closely allied to D. coronatn, but is distinguished by the 

 yellow (uot white) throat; the absence of a su])erciliary white stripe (the 

 eyelids white, however) ; the restriction of the l)lack of the face to the lores, 

 and to a sutfusion round the eye ; and the ^ireseiice of one broad band on the 

 wiugs, instead of two narrow ones. 



Habits. This beautiful Warbler, so strikingly simidating the D. aironnta 

 in tlie character of its markings, and now so well known as a common species 

 on the Tacific coast, was first met witii l)y Mr. Townsend near the Columbia 

 Kiver, where he found it very abundant. His account of its habits is incon- 

 sistent, and probably not reliable. Mr. Xuttall, who was with Mr. Townsend, 

 differs, also, essentially in liis account. He states that he first saw them about 

 the middle of April, and that their song bore a very close resemblance to tliat 

 of the D. cestiva, but was delivered in a mucli sujierior style. They remained 

 his summer companions, breeding among the shady firs on tlie borders of 

 jirairie openings, wliere there was an abundant supply of insect food. By the 

 8th of dune he found their young already out, in small and busy Hocks, so- 

 licitously attended by tlieir parents. They greatly resembled the young of 

 the coronata. These birds fretpiented large trees, particularly the water-oaks, 

 and the lower branches of gigantic firs. 



Dr. Cooper found tliis Warbler one of the most abundant species of Wash- 

 ington Territcny, and believed them to be, to some extent, a resilient species, 

 as lie met them about the Straits of Fuca in March. He speaks of its song 

 as lively, and heard everywhere on the borders of the woods, even near the 

 coast, wliere few of tlie smaller species ever visit. In the fall he noticed 

 straggling flocks of the young wandering about the low shrubliery in large 

 uumbers. The same writer also states that tliis .species is in winter a very 

 abundant bird in the southern part of California, flitting about among the 

 bushes and low trees. The males are tlien in the dull ])luniage of the females, 

 and do not ])ut on their riclier hues until March or April. He saw iKnie 

 south of San Francisco after May 1, but they began to reappear in September. 

 As he found newly fledged young near Lake Tahoe, he thinks tliey breed 

 throughout the higher Sierra Nevada. At the sea level in latitude 37° they 

 ajipear late in Septemlier, and remain until JNIarch 2U. 



Dr. Suckley regarded this bird as the most abundant species visiting the 



