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sal region yellowish-green ; tail coverts and scapulars grey with 

 yellowish-green tips ; greater and smaller wing coverts black with 

 white onter margins and tips ; quill feathers blackish-brown with 

 brownish white margins on the outer vanes, and white on haU 

 their inner vanes ; tail feathers brownish-black with brownish- 

 white emarginations on the outer vanes, and white spots on the 

 inner vanes of the 3 outer lateral ones. 



Ventral aspect. Line over the eye, sides of the neck, and auri- 

 culars gamboge yellow ; chin and throat black ; breast and belly 

 whitish with black spots, most numerous on the sides ; inner 

 wing and tail coverts white. 



1st and 2nd primaries subequal and longest ; 3rd about a line 

 shorter than the 2nd ; 4th a line shorter than the 3rd ; and 5th 

 about 2 lines shorter than 3rd. Length 5 inches ; alar breadth 

 8 inches. The female is said to have the " chin yellow, and the 

 throat blackish tinged with yellow." 



S. striata. Black Poll Warbler. 

 Dendroica striata. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Upper mandible black ; lower one and legs pale flesh ; 

 irides hazel ; eggs 4 to 5, whitish mottled with brown. 



Dorsal aspect. Grown and nape of neck deep black, bordered 

 by greyish white ; interscapular region, back and rump black, the 

 feathers margined with grey ; greater and smaller wing coverts 

 tipped with white, causing an appearance of two white bands on 

 the wing ; primaries and secondaries brown, the former with the 

 outer vanes edged with greenish-olive, the latter with greenish- 

 white. Two lateral tail feathers with white spots towards the 

 extremities of their inner vanes. 



Ventral aspect. Auriculars and cheeks white ; throat, breast, 

 belly, and vent white, margined by a continuous line of black 

 spots or streaks, commencing at the brown mandible, and ending 

 on the flanks, and becoming gradually broader and larger from 

 the throat downwards ; inner tail coverts white. 



1st primary longest. Length 5 inches; alar breadth 9 inches. 

 " Female and young dull yellow olive, streaked with black and 

 grey ; breast white ; cheeks and sides of the breast tinged with 

 yellow." 



S. castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. 

 Dendroica castanea. Baird ! 



v.s.p. Bill black ; legs and feet pale ; irides deep hazel ; eggs 

 unknown. 



