128 CAPE MAY WARBLER 



Nesting Dates. — Warren, Pa., first week in June (Simpson) ; 

 Branchport, N. Y., June 2-June 24 (Burtch) ; Lancaster, N. H., May 

 24-June 20 (Spaulding) ; Bangor, Me., May 30-June 16 (Knight) ; 

 Grand Menan, N. B., June 8 (/. P. A'.) -July 'i (C. W. C). 



Biographical References 



(i) C. J. Maynard, a Catalogue of the Birds of Coos Co., N. H., and 

 Oxford Co., Maine, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XIV, 1871, 367. (2) Wm. 

 Brewster, The Black-and- Yellow Warbler (in New England), Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, II, 1877, i. (3) J. P. N[orris], A Series of Eggs of Dendroica 

 maculosa, Orn. and Ool., XII, 1887, 177. (4) C. H. Andros, The Black and 

 Yellow Warbler at Grand Menan, Orn. and Ool., XII, 1887, 182. (5) S. E. 

 White, Birds Observed on Mackinac Island, Michigan, Auk, X, 1893, 228. 

 (6) R. B. Simpson, The Magnolia Warbler (at Warren, Pa.), Nidologist, II, 

 1895, 164. (7) L. M. Terrill, Summer Warblers in Compton County, Quebec, 

 Ottawa Naturalist, XVIII, 1904, 150. (8) B. Hoag, Nesting of the Magnolia 

 Warbler (in N. Y.), Nidologist, I, 1894, 87. (See also Higgins, Ibid., 106.) 



Cape May Warbler 



DENDROICA TIGRINA (Gmel.) Plate XVI 



Distinguishing Characters. — Adult c? with chestnut ear-patches ; adult 9 

 and young grayish olive above, the rump much brighter, below whitish, streaked, 

 the breast more or less yellow. Length (skin), 4.50; wing, 2.55; tail, 1.90; 

 bill, .40. 



Adult (S, Spring. — Crown black more or less edged with olive and often 

 with traces of chestnut on the forehead ; ear-coverts chestnut, this color some- 

 times tinging the well-marked yellow superciliary line ; sides of the neck 

 yellow with a tendency to spread to the nape ; back olive-green spotted with 

 black, rump clear yellow or greenish yellow ; tail black edged with olive the 

 inner webs of two to three outer feathers with white patches near the tip ; 

 wings black edged with olive-green, median coverts white except at base, outer 

 margins of greater coverts usually white or greenish gray; below yellow, 

 heavily streaked with black, fading to white on the lower belly, the throat 

 generally tinged with chestnut. 



Adult (^, Fall. — Similar to adult ^ in Spring but widely margined with 

 grayish above, and with whitish below. 



Young (S, Fall. — No chestnut ear-patches or black crown ; crown and back 

 grayish olive-green with some more or less concealed black spots, rump dusky 

 yellow; tail as in adult; median wing-coverts grayish white, outer margins of 

 greater coverts greenish gray; yellow below less bright than in adult, streaks 

 less pronounced, all the feathers margined with whitish. 



Adult $, Spring. — Above grayish olive, grayer than in young (S, forehead 

 usually with black spots, line over eye yellowish; rump olive-green; tail with 

 less white than in S; median and greater wing-coverts margined with grayish 

 white, not forming conspicuous bars; below whitish, breast tinged with yellow 

 and, with the sides, conspicuously streaked with black. 



