112 BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Dendroica maculosa (Linn.) 



UAONOLIA WARBLEB. 

 Fopnlar Bjmonjnn.— Block and Yellow Warblor. 



ilotiu-illn miiruliisa Om. 8. N. 1. 17S8. 9M. 

 Svlvia marulota Lath— AUD. Orn. Bloe. 1. 1S31. 360; II. 1834. 145; v. 1839. 4S8. pis. BO. 123,— 



NuTT. Man. 1. 183'J.370. 

 Sulri'ola maculosa S\v. & BicH. F. B. A. II. 1831. 213. pi. 40.— AuD. Bynop. 1839. 61: B. Am. 



11, 1841.65. pi. 90. 

 Dendroica inaculnsa Baiiip. B. N. Am. IffiS. 2M: Cot. N. Am. B. 1859, No. 204; Review, 



1865, 206.-B. B. & B. Hist. N. Am. B. 1. 1874. Za. pi. U. flK. 2. 

 Dmdrieca marulota ScL.— Coueb. Key. 1872. 102; Clieek List. 1S73, No. 84: 2J ed. 1882. No. 

 12'>: B. N. W. 1874, 62: B. Col. Val. 1878. 290.-RlDOW. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881. No. 97. 

 Sulria mnai'olia Wn-s. Am. Orn. 111. 1811, 63. pi. 23. 



Hab. Eastern North America, west to eastern base of Rocky Mountains: breeds from 

 northern Now Entiland northward, and winters In Bahamas, Cuba (rare), eastern Mexico, 

 and Central America to I'unamo. 



"Sr. Char, ^f<^le in sprimj. Bill dark bluish black, rather lighter beneath. Tail dunky. 

 Top of head llitht (jrayish blue. Front, lores, cheeks, and a stripe under the eye, l)iuck. 

 running into a large triauKular patch on the back between the wines, which is also black. 

 Eyelids and a stripe from the eye alone the side of head white. Upper tail-coverts black, 

 Bomoof the feathers tipped with (jrayish. Abdomen and lower tall-coverts white. Rump and 

 under parts, except as described, yellow. Lower throat, breast, and sides streaked with 

 black: the .itreuks closer on the lower throat and fore breast. Lesser wlng-coverte. and 

 edeos of the wlnK and tail, bluish eray, the former spotted with black. Quills and tall 

 almost black: the latter with a square patch of white on the inner webs of all the tall 

 feathers (but the two Inner) beyond the middle of the tall. Two white bands across the 

 whiBs (sometimes coalesced Into one) formed by the middle and secondary coverts. Part 

 of the edge of the Inner webs of the quills white. Feathers marglnlnK the black patch on 

 the back behind and on the sides tinsed with greenish. L"nelli.5 inches; wing, 2 5"; tail, 

 2.25. Autumnal males differ In absence of black of back, front, sides of head, and to a 

 considerable degree beneath, and in much less white on the wings, and head. 



"Ffmale in spring. Similar, but all the colors duller. Black of the back restricted to a 

 central triangular patch." (Hist. N. Am. IS.) 



The Magnolia Warbler, probably the most showy of the Dcndwiae, 

 is an abundant species during its migrations, but does not breed 

 within the limits of the State. It is one of the most agile of its 

 tribe, its quick and restless movements being more like those of the 

 Redstart than those of its nearest kindred. The tail is carried 

 somewhat elevated and widely expanded, to display the broad white 

 band across the middle portion of the inner wcl)s of the feathers, 

 which, together with the bold contrasts of black, yellow, and blue- 

 gray of the plumage, render it both conspicuous and beautiful. 



Dendroica csenilea (Linn.) 



CERULEAN WARBLER. 



Popular synonyma.-Blue Warbler; White-throated Blue Warbler: Azure Warbler. 



Svh-ia ciErulea WiLS. Am. Orn. 11. 1810, HI, pi. 17, flg. 5. 

 Sulvicolaea^tlea'Rlca.—KVD. Synop. is;f9. 56; B. Am. II. 1841, 45, pi. 86. 

 Dendroica cocrtilfa Baihd. B. N. Am. 1858. 280; Cat. N. Am. B. 1859. No. 201; Review, 1S66, 

 m,-B. B. & R. Hist N. Am. B. 1. 1874. 235. pi. 13. figs. 10. 11. 



