DENDROICA. 503 



in winter, south to Eahamas, 

 Cuba, and northern South Amer- 

 ica (but not recorded from any 

 portion of Middle America). 



661. D. striata (Forst.). 

 Black-poll Warbler, 

 i'. Back plain bluish gray or ash-gray; throat 

 bright yellow. (^Adult — sexes alike : Above 

 plain bluish gray, becoming black on fore- 

 head or sides of crown, or both ; a super- 

 ciliary stripe, sides of neck, broad wing- 

 bands, and lower parts posterior to cbest, 

 pure white; chin, throat, and chest, some- 

 times also anterior portion of superciliary 

 stripe, pure gamboge-yellow ; lores and 

 large triangular patch covering cheeks 

 and ear-coverts, enclosing white spot on 

 lower eyelid, deep black ; sides and flanks 

 broadly streaked with black. Young in 

 first autumn: Essentially like adult, but 

 gray of upper parts and white of lower 

 parts much tinged with brown, black 

 markings of head, etc., less distinct, and 

 yellow of throat paler.) 

 f. Larger, with relatively longer bill ; su- 

 perciliary stripe usually distinctly 

 yellow anteriorly ; length 4.70-5.75, 

 wing 2.45-2.75 (2.62), tail 2.00-2.30 

 (2.13), exposed culmen .42-.55 (.49). 

 Nest usually (?) placed upon branches 

 of pine trees ; " externally 2.80 inches 

 in diameter by 1.70 in depth ; inter- 

 nally 1.77 in diameter by 1.30 in 

 depth," composed of strips of bark, 

 small twigs, plant-down, etc. ; not un- 

 frequently concealed within pendent 

 tufts of " Spanish" moss. Eggs .69 

 X -52, dull greenish white or gray- 

 ish white, spotted, chiefly round 

 larger end, with vainous shades of 

 umber-brown and lilac-gray. Hab. 

 Southern Atlantic States, north, 

 regularly, to Maryland (near sea- 

 coast), casually to New York, Mas- 

 sachusetts, etc.; in winter (only?) 



