64 BIRDS. 



1. D. cest/m, (Gm.) Bd. Summer Warbler. Golden 

 Warbler. Chiefly golden yellow; back olive yellow; 

 breast and sides with orange brown streaks; quills 

 dusky, edged with yellow; $ similar, scarcely streaked; 

 L. 5:^; W. 2^; T. 2^. America; everywhere abundant. 



2. D. cceru/escens, (L.) Bd. Black -Throated Blue 

 Warbler. Rich gray blue, wath a few dusky streaks 

 on back; throat, sides of head, neck and sides of body 

 black, otherwise pure white below; quills black, edged 

 with blue; $ dtdl olive greenish, obscurely marked, known 

 by the blotch on the primaries; L. 5|^; W. 2f ; T. 2^. 

 E. U. S.; an elegant species, not uncommon in woodland. 



3. D. coronaia, (L.) Gray. Yellow -Rumped Warb- 

 ler. Myrtle Warbler. Bluish ash above, streaked 

 with black; white below with large blackish streaks; 

 crown patch, rump and sides of breast bright yellow, 

 there being four definite yellow places; $ and young 

 brownish, with less yellow on breast and head; L. 5|; 

 W. 3; T. 2 J. U. S., very abundant. The earliest 

 mio;rant. 



4. D. maculosa, (Gm.) Bd. Black and Yellow 

 Warbler. Magnolia Warbler. Back black, with 

 olive skirtings; rump yellow; head clear ash; a white 

 stripe behind eye; sides of head black, under parts 

 (except the white crissum) rich yellow, with black streaks 

 which are confluent on breast; $ similar, more olivaceous, 

 with much less black; L. 5; W. 2^; T. 2^. E. U. S. 

 A brilliant little bird, common in woodlands. 



5. D. ccsru/ea, (Wils.) Bd. Cjerulean Warbler. 

 Bright blue with black streaks; white below; breast and 

 sides with bluish lines; ? not streaked, greenish above, 

 slightly yellowish below; L. 4i; W. 2^; T. 2. E. U. S.; 

 N. to Niagara Falls; rather rare. A dainty species. 



