GG UENDRffiCA DOMINICA, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. 



orchards in the wooded portions, in April, during tbe northward migra- 

 tion of the ^Si/lvicolkkv. 



"The eggs are of an oval shape, pointed at one end, and measure 0.G8 

 by 0.48 of an inch. They have a white ground, marked with spots of 

 lilac and purple, and two shades of umber-brown." 



DENDRCECA DOMINICA, (Linn.) Bd. 



Tellow-tliroatecl AVarbler* 



Motacilla domhiica, LrNN., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 334. 



Dcndrceca domiHica,Bi)., Rev. 1S65, 209 (Colima, &c.). — Lawr., Ann. Lye. ix, 1869, 200 

 (Yucatan).— SuMicii., Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1869, 547 (Orizaba, Aug.). — Allen, 

 Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 268 (Florida, in winter).— Coues, Key, 1872, 103.— Scott, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872 (West Virginia).— Mayn., B. Fla. 1872, 60. 



MotadUa supcrcilioea, Boi>d., PI. Enl. 686, f. 1. 



MniotUta ,supcrciUosa, Gi;ay, Genera of Birds. 



Bendrwca supercUiosa, Bd.,. B. N. A. 1858, 289.— ScL., P. Z. S. 1859, 363 (Xalapa) ; 18.59, 

 373 (Oaxaca); 1861, p. — (Jamaica); 1863, 368 (Mexico); Cat. 1862, 33.— ScL. 

 & Salv., Ibis, iii, 1860, 274 (Guatemala). — Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. I860, No. 

 94 (quite common). — Coues & Pkent., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 408 (Washington, 

 D. C., accidental; spec, in 1842). — Gundl., J. f. O. 1861, 326 (Cuba, common). — 

 Mahch, Pr. Phila, Acad. 1863, 293 (Jamaica, June).— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 

 1868, 109 (South Carolina, common).— Tukmj., B. E. Pa. 1869, 42 (straggler).— 

 Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 5 (Neosho Falls, in June). 



MotadUa flavicoUis, Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 959. 



Suh'ia fiaricoUis, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, 518.— WiLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 64, pi. 12, f. 6. 



Motad'Ua pensilis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 960. 



Sylvia 2}eiisiUs, Lath., Ind. Orn. ii, 1790, .520. — Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii, 1807, 11, pi. 

 72.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 79.— Nutt., i, 1832, 374.— Aui)., Orn. Biog., i, 1831, 434, pi. 85. 



Sylvicola 2>i'nsilis, Rich., Rep. Br. Assoc, 1837. — Bp., List, 1838; Consp. i, 1850,307. — 

 AUD., Syn. 1839, 53.— Aud., B. Am. ii, 1841, 32, pi. 79.— Gosse, B. Jam. 1847, 156. 



BMmanphus pcnsiUs, Cab., J. f. O. iii, 1855, 474 (Cuba).— ScL., P. Z. S. 1856, 291 (Cordova). 



Hah. — Eastern United States, north to Maryland; to New Jersey (Audnhon); to 

 Pennsylvania (TnriihuU) ; to New York (Ddcaij); to Connecticut (Limilcn). Ohio, Illi- 

 nois, and Kansps. Cuba. Jamaica. St. Domingo {Salle, P. Z. S. 1857, 231). Mexico, 

 on west coast to Colima. Guatemala. Winters iiom Florida southward. (A var. albi- 

 lora is described from the Mississippi Valley by Mr. Ridgway, Am. Nat. vii, 1873, 606.) 



This is essentially a Southern species, which I have not been able to 

 trace further north than Washington, D. C. x\udubon, however, gives 

 it to New Jersey; and Turubull, in his admirable List, notes it as a 

 stiaggler to the lower counties of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The 

 Rev. JMr. Liusley included it among the birds of Connecticut, but ap- 

 parently upon information at second hand ; and its occurrence in New 

 England is very questionable. (See Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 18G8, 270.) 

 Mr. Lawrence omits it from his New York list. In Ohio, Mr. J. M. 

 Wheaton states that it was common one season: ''It seems," he adds, 

 "quite partial to the vicinity of running water, and is usually seen on 

 trees aud fences near rivers. In its habits it approaches the Titmice 

 and Creepers, frequently hanging aud walking, head downward, on fence 

 rails.'' I have noted similar habits of the species in South Carolina. 

 Prof. Snow's reference is particularly interesting, indicating that the 

 bird breeds in Kansas. It would also appear, from various accounts, 

 to breed in the West Indies. It has not, to my knowledge, been ob- 

 served to winter anywhere in the United States, excepting in Florida. 



Since the foregoing paragraph was prepared, Mr. W. L). Scott has 

 printed an interesting note respecting the occurrence and ])robable 

 breeding of the species in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Two iudi- 

 viduals, male and female, were taken in July. 



One of the most remarkable nests I ever saw, was built by a Yellow- 

 throated Warbler at Wilmington, North Carolina, where it was secured 



