BIRDS OF CUBA II5 



May is more usual; and then the nest of grass, small feathers and woolly- 

 down, is placed in a fork on some horizontal mangrove limb. The whole 

 life of the species is passed in the mangrove forests. 



225. Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin). 

 Cape May Warbler. 



A few arrive from time to time during the autumn, but in February 

 they become really common; they stay until May. They are great fiower 

 feeders and haunt aloes and the majagua tree when it is in bloom. Many 

 may be seen about the sisal plantations near Matanzas and in gardens 

 where agaves blossom. 



226. Dendroica magnolia (Wilson). 

 Magnolia Warbler. 



An accidental vagrant for which Gundlach has but two records. 



227. Dendroica caerulescens caerulescens (Gmelin). 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



The Black-throated Blue Warbler is excessively common, early to 

 arrive and late to leave. It is one of the tamest and most confiding species, 

 and one to be found in all sorts of situations. Early pleasant days in Cuba 

 spent at Edwin Atkins' plantation, Soledad, near Cienfuegos, brought a 

 great surprise, for I found it not uncommon to have these little Warblers 

 enter my room through the great ever open windows and flit from couch 

 to chair. This happened often, notably at Guabairo, not far from Soledad. 

 So inquisitive and confiding are they, that one can hardly recognize the 

 rather retiring dweller in woodland solitude which we know in the North. 



