58 DENDECECA AUDUBONII, AUDUBON'S WARBLER. 



GrXDL., Cab. J. f. O. 1861, 326 (Cuba).— Jonks, Nat. in Bermufla, 59 (April).— 

 CoiTKS «.V Phknt., Sniitbs. Rep. for 1H61 (lHr)-2), 407 (Washington, D. C, win- 

 tering).— Tl'UNH., B. of E. Pa. an<l N. J. IHG'J, 17 (wiutering).— Bkyant, Pr. 

 Bost. Soc. vii, 1859 (Babanias, wintering).— .ScL., P. Z. S. 1870, 8:U! (Hondnras).— 

 Lawi!., Ann. Lye. ix, 1869, 94 (Costa Rica).— Aikkx, Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872, 196 

 (Colorado). 

 2IviotilUi coroiiala, Gi;ay.— Reinii., Ibis, iii, 1861, 5 (Greenland). 

 MoUtvUla viinadruHiH ct Parus virfihiianiin, Linn. 

 Motadlla iiinhria. ciiicta ct 2)iHf/uis, Gm. 

 Sijh-kt .r(()illioi>!j(jia, Vieill., Ois. x\m. Sept. ii, 1807, 47. 

 "Sjilria rniithoyoa, Vikill." 



jff«&.— North America, excepting, so far as known, the Southwestern Territories. In 

 the northwest, across the continent, thence south along the Pacific coast to Washing- 

 ton Territory. Colorado (Ji/rra). Arctic coast. Greenland. Mexico, Central America, 

 and West Indies {viimcrotts quotations). 



Li cute II a lit Warreirs Ej-pcditioii. — 4651, mouth of Platte; 4652, 4655, mouth of Ver- 

 milion ; 4654, mouth of Big Sioux ; .5300, Medicine Creek. 

 Not obtained by Captain Rayuolds' Expedition. 



The rather peculiar, as well as very extensive, distribution of this 

 species maybe gathered from the foregoing" references, selected from the 

 great number that have been recorded. The Pacific coast advices are 

 not so remarkable as they would ai)i)ear, did we not know that the 

 Eastern Province trends westward north of the United States, to Alaska, 

 where many characteristic Eastern birds were noticed by Mr. Dall and 

 Dr. Bannister. In view of this it is not surprising that individuals 

 straggle southward along that coast. But it is remarkable, that while 

 the bird's continental breeding range is not south of Northern New 

 England, it should also breed in the West Indies. Its wintering range 

 appears almost anomalous. While some individuals are at that season 

 in subtropical and tropical America, others are wintering in the Middle 

 States, if not also in Southern New England. 



The Yellow-rump lays four to six eggs, measuring about 0.72 by 0.54 

 inches; they are white, spotted chiefly in a wreath abont the large end, but 

 also s[>aringly over the entire surface, with various shades of brown, none, 

 however, quite reddish, but some nearly blackish, and with numerous 

 other shell-markings of neutral tint. A nest from the Yukon (June 7) 

 is rather rudely built of weed-stalks, grass-stems, and rootlets, and 

 warmly lined throughout with feathers. Another from the Arctic coast, 

 east of Anderson Kiver, is entirely composed of soft vegetable libre, with 

 a few grass-stems for lining; it was built in a pine-tree, about six feet 

 from the ground. A third, from Nova Scotia, laid on the horizontal 

 fork of a tree, is composed chiefly of very slender, stiff rootlets and 

 similar hard stems, and is much flatter than either of the others. 



DENDECECA AUDUBONII, (Towns.) Bd. 



Audubon's Warbler. 



Sylvia muhihoml, Towns., Journ. Phila. Acad, vii, 1837, 190.— AuD., Orn. Biog. v. 1839, 

 52, pi. 395. 



Sijhicola (iiidiiboiiii, Bp., List, 1838 21.— Aud., Syn. 1839, 52 ; B. Am. ii, 1826, pi. 77.— 

 NUTT., Man. 2d ed. i. 1840, 414.— Wooi>n., Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 71. 



Bendroecn (iiidiihoiiii, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 273.— Kknn., P. R. R. Rep. x, 18.'>9, part iii, 24. — 

 IlKKUM., ibid, part iv, 39.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1859, 181.— ScL., 

 P. Z. S. 1858, 298 (Oaxaca) ; 1860, 250 (Orizaba); 1864, 172 (Mexico); Cat. A. B. 

 IHol, 30.— Scr.. & Sai.v., llns, 1860, 273 (Guatemala).— Havd., Re]). 1862, 160.— 

 CoUKS, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 69.- Coop., Ani. Nat. iii, 1869, 33; Pr. Cal. 

 Acad. 1870, 75; B. Cal. 1870, 88.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Snrv. Ter. 1870, 463.— 

 Mi:i!R., ibid. 1872, 67. — Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 175 (mountains of Colo- 

 rado, up to timber-line). — CoUES, Key, 1872, 100. 



iTa?^.- Middle and Western Provinces, United States; East to Fort Laramie; South 

 to Guatemala. Northeru limit yet uudeliued. 



