372 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



It arrives from the south ijuite eurh' in spriny', and for a time is 

 quiet, but as the weather gets warmer the male indulges in a rather 

 pleasant little song, resembling that of the Chipping 8parri)w. Tn 

 the fall they disappear about the middle of September. 



DENDROICA PALM ARUM ((Jmel.). 

 280. Palm Warbler. (f;72) 



Adult male.: — In .spring, beneath, yellowish-white, tinged with yellow, the 

 throat and criasiim deepening into gamboge; side.s of the neck, .sides and 

 entire breast streaked with mnber-brown, tinged with rusty, the shafts of the 

 feathers darker; a distinct superciliary stripe of clear yellow ; pileuni, uniform 

 rich chestnut, darker next the bill, when divided medialh" In- a short and 

 indistinct streak of yellow ; upper parts in general, olive-gray, deepening into 

 yellowish olive-green on the upper tail coverts ; tail featiiers, dusky, edged 

 externally with pale olive-yellowish, the two outer pairs with their inner wel)s 

 broadly tipped with white: wings, dusky, the reniiges edged like the tail 

 feathers with yellowish olive-green, lioth rows of eo^•el•ts ti[)ped with ) ale 

 grayish-buff, forming rather distinct indications of two liands. Wing. •2..").!; 

 tail, 2.30. 



H.\B. — Xorthern interior to (iieat Sla\e Lake: in \\ iutt r :ind in migrations, 

 Mississippi Valley and Gulf States, including Western and Soutlierii Florida 

 and the West Indies. Casual in the Atlantic States. 



Nest, on the ground under a l>ush or tussock of grass, composed of gra.ss, 

 lined with rootlets, hair, caterpillar silk and moss. 



Eggs, three, rosy white, spotted with brown and reildisli at the larger end. 



From the way in which westei'n birds creep \i\) into Ontario 

 around the west end of Lake Erie, I think it highly jjrobable that 

 this species will be found here. I have noticed .some individuals 

 less bright in the yellow than others, but at present the number 

 of specimens available for comparison is so small that I cannot say 

 positively that we have both species of Palm \VarV)ler, and have 

 some doubts as to whether or not the recognized authorities have 

 acted wLsely in making the separation. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM HYPOCHRYSEA (l{ii).;w.). 

 2S1. Yellow Palm Warbler. (liTiV/) 



Adult male: — In spring, entire lower parts and a i()iis])i(iious sujjcrciliary 

 stripe bright yellow, entirely contiinious and unifoi-m l)eneatli ; entire sides 

 marked with broad streaks of deep chestnut, these nifjst distinct on the sides 



