554 HISTORY OF THE 



southward through western Mexico to Guatemala; breeding in 

 the mountainous regions throughout their range in the United 

 States and northward. 



Sp. Char. "Above, bluish ash, streaked with black, most marked on the 

 middle of the back; on the head and neck bluish ash. Middle of crown, rump, 

 chin and tlu'oat, and a patch on the side of the breast, gamboge yellow; space 

 beneath and anterior to the eyes, fore part of breast and sides, black; this color 

 extending behind on the sides in streaks. Middle of belly, under tail coverts, a 

 portion of upper and lower eyelids, and a broad baud on the 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. Young, first plumage: Whole body, including head all round and rump, 

 conspicuously streaked with slaty black, upon an ashy ground above and white 

 below. No yellow ou crown, rump, breast or throat. Wings and tail as in 

 autumnal adult, 



"This bird is very closely allied to D. coronata, but is distinguished by the 

 yellow (not white) throat; the absence of a superciliary white stripe (the eyelids 

 white, however); the restriction of the black of the face to the lores, and to a 

 suffusion round the eye; and the presence of one broad band on the wings in- 

 stead of two narrow ones." 



stretch of 

 Length. 7uing. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. 



Male 5.7.5 9.20 3.00 2.45 ,73 ,40 



Female.., 5..50 8.80 2.80 2.35 ,72 .40 



Iris brown; bill, legs, feet and claws black. 



This western representative of the Myrtle Warbler is fully as 

 common in suitable localities throughout its range, and its habits 

 and actions are precisely the same. 



Their nests are usually placed in evergreen trees, and range 

 all the way from three to thirty feet from the ground. They 

 are composed of strips of fine bark, pine needles, stems of 

 plants, etc., and lined with fine rootlets, hairs, and a few downy 

 feathers. Eggs usually four, .68x.52; greenisli to pale olive 

 creamy white, rather thinly spotted and dotted with varying 

 shades of brown to black and pale lilac, thickest about the 

 larger end; in form, oval. 



Dendroica maculosa (Gmel.). 



MAGNOLIA WARBLER, 

 PLATE XXXII, 



Migratory; rare. Arrive the first of May; begin to return 

 the last of August, and leave for the south during the month 

 of September, 



B. 204. R. 97. C. 125. G. 43, 282. U. 657, 



