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quills edged with ashy, and some of the lesser coverts yellow. Inner webs of three outer tail- 

 feathers white-blotched. Small; length 4.50; wing 2.35; tail 2.00; bill at maximum of 

 acuteuess, and curvature. 9 resembles J, but 

 lacks the black crown, and the breastplate is dusky 

 veiled with olive. S. Atlantic and Gulf States ; 

 X. to Virginia and S. Indiana, W. to Louisiana 

 and Arkansas; Cuba in winter. This was long 

 considered an extremely rare species, few speci- 

 mens having been known until recently. See 

 Auk, Jan. 1887, p. 35; Apr. 1887, p. 165; and 

 for its rediscovery in abundance, with best biogra- 

 phy, Auk, Apr. 1891, pp. 149-157. 

 H. lu'ciae. (To Miss Lucy Baird, daughter of 

 Prof S. F. Baird.) Lucy's Warbler. Adult 

 (J 9 • Clear ashy-gray. Beneath white, with a 

 faint tinge of buff on breast. A rich chestnut 

 patch on crown, and upper tail-coverts of the same 

 color. A white eye-ring. Quills and tail-feathers 

 edged with the color of the back or whitish. Lat- ^"'- ^^'•'- " Bachman's Warbler, 



eral tail-feather with au obscure whitish patch. Lining of wing white. Feet dull leaden- 

 olive. Iris dark brown or black. Length 4.3:3-4.66 ; extent 7.00-7.50 ; wing 2.25-2.50 ; tail 

 1.75-2.00; tarsus 0.66; bill 0.2.5-0.33. Young: Lack chestnut on crown, though that of 

 rump is present; throat and breast milk-white, without the ochrey tinge of the adults; wing- 

 coverts edged with pale rufous. The chestnut upper tail-coverts, and absence of any trace of 

 olivaceous or yellowish coloration, distinguish this interesting species, the general superficial 

 aspect of which is quite like that of a Polioptila. Valley of the Colorado and Gila ; common 

 in Arizona, where I found it breeding at Fort Whipple in 1866 ; N. to Utah, S. into Sonora. 

 The exceptional nidification of this species of the genus (Am. Nat., vi, 1872, p. 493) has been 

 confirmed : nest in crevice behind bark of a tree or bush, or other odd nook, even some other 

 bird's nest, of straws, leaves, hair, and feathers, such as a Wren might select ; eggs 3-7, 0.58 

 X 0.45 ; not peculiar, being white dotted with reddish, chiefly wreathed about the large end, 

 laid in May. 



H. virgin'ife. (To Mrs. Virginia Anderson, wife of the discoverer.) Virginia's Warbler. 

 $, in summer : Ashy-plumbeous, alike on back, and top and sides of head. Below dull 

 whitish, the sides shaded with ashy. Lining and edge of wings white. Upper and under 

 tail-coverts, and isolated spot on breast, yellovi', in strong contrast with all surroundings. A 

 white ring round eye. Wings and tail without yellowish edgings. Crown with a chestnut 

 patch, as in H. ruhricapilla. Length 4.75; extent 7.50; wing 2.25-2.50; tail 2.25. 9, in 

 summer : The yellow duller and slightly tinged with greenish ; that of breast, and the chestnut 

 of crown, more restricted. Autumnal specimens resemble the 9 \ but in botli sexes the plum- 

 beous of the upper parts has a slight olive shade, and in birds of the year the crown-patch may 

 be wanting.' Southern Rocky Mt. region; N. to Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming; S. 

 into Mexico. Nest on ground, like others of this genus, at roots of a bush or tuft of grass, 

 loosely made of hay, rootlets, and other fibres; eggs 4,0.60x0.48, indistinguishable from 

 those of allied species ; laid in May and June. In Arizona and New Mexico the breeding range 

 is at 5,000 feet or more. 



H. rubricapil'la. (Lat. ruber, red; capillus, hair. Fig. 170.) Nashville Warbler. 

 ^, in summer : Upper parts olive-green or yellowish-olive, clearer and brighter on rump and 

 upper tail-coverts. Top and sides of head and neck ashy, with a veiled chestnut patch on crown, 

 and a white ring round eye. No superciliary stripe. Lores pale. Wings and tail fuscous, edged 



