BIRDS OF 



It arrives from the south quite early in spring, and for a 

 time is quiet, but as the weather gets warmer the male indulges 

 in a rather pleasant little song, resembling that of the Chipping 

 Sparrow. In the fall they disappear about the middle of 

 September. 



267. DENDROICA PALMARUM (Gmel.i. 672. 

 Palm Warbler. 



Adult male, in spring, bencatli yellowish-white, tinged with yellow, the 

 throat and crissum deepening into gamboge; sides of the neck, sides and en- 

 tire breast streaked with umber-brown, tinged with rust}', the shafts of the 

 feathers darker ; a distinct superciliary stripe of clear yellow ; pileum uni- 

 form rich chestnut, darker next the bill, when divided medially by a short 

 and indistinct streak of yellow ; upper parts in general olive-gray, deepening 

 into yellowish olive-green on the upper tail-coverts; tail-feathers dusky, 

 edged externally with pale olive-yellowish, the two outer pairs with their inner 

 webs broadly tipped with white ; wings dusky, the rimiges edged like the 

 tail-feathers with yellowish olive-green, both rows of coverts tipped with pale 

 grayish-buff, forming rather distinct indications of two bands. Wing, 2.55 ; 

 tail, 2.30. 



Hab. Northern interior to Great Slave Lake ; in winter and in migra- 

 tions, Mississippi Valley and Gulf States, including Western and Southern 

 Florida and the West Indies. Casual in the Atlantic States. 



From the way in which western birds creep up into Ontario 

 around the west end of Lake Erie, I think it highly probable 

 that this species will be found here. I have noticed some indi- 

 viduals much brighter in the yellow than others, but at present 

 the number of specimens available for comparison is so small 

 that I cannot say positively that we have both species, and have 

 some doubts as to whether the recognized authorities have 

 acted wisely in making the separation. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM HYPOCHRYSEA (Ridgw.). 



268. Yellow Palm Warbler 672 a 



Adult male, in spring, entire lower parts and a conspicuous superciliary 

 stripe bright yellow, entirely continuous and uniform beneath ; entire sides 

 marked with broad streaks of deep chestnut, these most distinct on the sides 



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