MNIOTILTIDA. — CLXXIIL. o01 
Wing bars yellow and belly pure white. . . . . . pennsylvanica, 974. 
Wing bars white and tail slab iitcasti at end of 2 (rarely 3) outer feathers 
Geta! 5 ye. oat) eta e 2 Mayors, 980. 
Wing bars brownish; tail gots square af ar of two outer feathers only. 
palmarum, 983. 
Wing bars not conspicuous; whole under parts yellow; back with no greenish. 
kirtlandi, 981. 
Tail spots at end of nearly all the feathers, and no definite yellow anywhere. 
coer’ ulea, 973. 
Tail spots at middle of nearly all the feathers; rump and belly yellow. 
maculosa, aioe 
Rump, sides of breast (usually) and crown with yellow; throat white. 
coronata, 971. 
Throat definitely yellow; belly white; back with no greenish. dominica, 977. 
Throat yellow or orange; crown with at least a trace of a central yellow or 
orange spot, and outer tail feather white-edged externally. 
blackburnie, 978. 
Throat, breast and sides black, or with black traces (seen on parting the 
feathers); sides of head with diffuse ae outer tail feather white- 
edged extermally. . ... . 3 utd) oe te Tens. OTF. 
Bill acute, perceptibly curved; rump euully alter: « « 2 >» &gring~868. 
With none of the foregoing special marks; crissum buffy. . castanea, 975. 
Sriseen White) a Pvt a voeiin Tha) a | Katara Mace Gye Salat S76: 
a. Bill very acute, the tip appreciably decurved, terminal half of tongue with 
its edges folded over upon the upper surface, the tip deeply cleft and 
fringed. (Perissoglossa Baird.) 
968. D. tigrina (Gmelin). CapzE May WARBLER. Olivaceous 
above with black streaks; rump and sides of neck bright yellow; 
yellow below, much streaked with black ; crown mostly black; ear 
coverts orange brown; a white wing patch; ? duller, with no black 
or reddish about head. L.54. W. 23. T.2. E. U.S. <A fine spe- 
cies with a peculiar structure of the tongue, which is somewhat as 
in the Honey Creepers (Ce@rebide) of the Tropics. 
aa. Bill not very acute nor distinctly decurved at tip; tongue gradually taper- 
ing to the slightly cleft and fringed tip. (Dendroica.) 
b. Tail feathers without white, the inner web yellow. 
969. D. estiva (Gmelin). SumMeR WARBLER. GOLDEN 
WarBLER. Chiefly golden yellow; breast and sides with orange 
brown streaks; quills dusky, edged with yellow; 9 similar, the 
brown streaks obsolete. L. 54. W. 23. T. 24. America; every- 
where abundant. (lLat., summer.) 
6b. Tail feathers blotched with white. 
c. A white spot on some of the primary quills, near their bases. 
970. D. ceerulescens (L.). BLACK-THROATED BLUE War- 
BLER. Rich gray blue, with a few black streaks on back ; throat, 
sides of head, neck and sides of body black, otherwise pure white 
below; quills black, edged with blue; Q dull olive greenish, ob- 
