BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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Dendroica pahnarmn Jiypochnjsea American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 

 1886, no. 672a.— Scott, Aiik, vii, 1890, 20 (Tarpon Springs, Punta Rassa, 

 and Key West, Florida, rare in late Mar. and early Apr. ), 314 (Garden Key, 

 Tortugas, Mar. 22 and 31, 2 specs.) ; x, 1893, 341 (Kingston, Jamaica, 1 spec, 

 Dec. 20, 1890).— Allen '(F. H.), Auk, viii, 1891, 165 (Cape Breton, Nova 

 Scotia).— WiNTLE, Auk, viii, 1891, 396 (IMontreal, Canada, 1 spec. May 7, 

 1891).— McCoRMiCK, Auk, ix, 1892, 397 (Oberlin, Ohio, 1 spec, Apr. 16, 

 1892).— Cory, Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 118, 155 (Cuba, Jan., Feb.).— Porter, 

 Auk, xvii, 1900, 72 (Newfoundland, abundant Sept. 8 and after). 



Dlendroical palmarum hypochrysea Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 517. 



DENDROICA PLUMBEA Lawrence. 

 PLUMBEOUS WARBLER. 



Adults (sexes alike). — Above uniform slate color, relieved by a nar- 

 row super(;iliaiy line of white and two white wing-bars, produced b}- 

 tips of middle and greater coverts; inner webs of two or three outer- 

 most rectrices with a small terminal space of white, occupying on the 

 outermost not more than inner half of the web, on the others much 

 less; sides of head, sides of neck, and thence backward to and includ- 

 ing flanks plain slate-gra}', the lirst relieved l)y a white sul)or))ital spot; 

 median under parts grayish white, the feathers gray beneath surface; 

 maxilla dark brown, mandible much paler; legs and feet horn brownish 

 (in dried skins). 



Lnmature iJjotJi sexes). — With exactly the same pattern of coloration 

 as adults, but with the slate color of upper parts replaced b}- deep 

 olive, the slate-gray of sides, etc., by lighter, more greenish, olive, 

 and the white of head markings and median under parts by pale olive- 

 yellow. 



Adult m(de.—ljQ\\gi\\ (skins), 120-127 (124.5)*; wing, 58-GC (61.9); 

 tail, 50-59 (54.1); exposed culmen, 11; tarsus, 20-21 (20.3); middle 

 toe, 11-12 (11.3)." 



AduUfem(de.—^Nmg, 56-61 (57.9); tail, 50-54 (51.4); exposed cul- 

 men, 11-12 (11.1); tarsus, 19-21 (20.6); middle toe, 10-12 (11.1).' 



Islands of Dominica and Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.* 



' Four specimens. ^Ten specimens. "Seven specimens. 



•* Specimens from Guadeloupe have, as a rule, decidedly shorter wings and tail than 

 those from Dominica, but I am not able to discover any difference in coloration. 

 Average measurements are as follows: 



Locality. 



Middle 

 toe. 



MALES. 



Four adult males from Dominica 



Six adult males from Guadeloupe 



FEMALES. 



Four adult females from Dominica .. . 

 Three adult females from Guadeloupe 



11. 1 

 11 



11.5 

 10.6 



