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laris); lower parts yellow, for anterior half at least, the color usuallj- dcepenin;' 

 on chest into orange-brownish. {Females and immature males of certain species 

 with whole upper parts tinged, more or less, with olive-green, and yellow of lower 

 jiarts paler.) 



a'. Eyclid.s white; yellow of lower parts not extending farther back than breast, 

 the sides and flanks white, tinged with bluish gray and rusty brown. 



Adult male: Abov'e bluish gray (more blue on head), the back bright 

 olive-green ; wing with two broad white bands ; chin, throat, and breast 

 yellow; chest more or less tinged with orange-brown, this often bor- 

 dered antei'iorly bj- a blackish band across lower throat ; rest of lower 

 parts white, the sides tinged with bluish gray and reddish brown. 

 Adult female : Similar to the male, but paler, all the colors less pro- 

 nounced. Young in first autumn : Upper parts in general tinged with 

 olive-green ; yellow of lower parts paler. Young : Yellow of lower 

 parts replaced hy light grayish, the chin tinged with yellow ; above 

 dull graj-ish, more olive on back, the wings and tail much as in adult 

 female, but duller grayish. Length 4.12-4.95, wing about 2.20-2.40, 

 tail 1.60-1.85. Kest placed within hanging tufts of lichens or " beai'd- 

 mosses," or bunches of dead leaves and other rubbish caught on hang- 

 ing branchlcts during freshets. Fggs 3-5, .64 X -46, white, or creamy 

 white, thickly speckled with reddish brown, chieflj- round larger end. 

 Hab. Eastern United States and Canada, breeding throughout; in win- 

 ter, southern Florida, more northern West Indies, eastern Mexico, and 



Guatemala 648. C. americana (Linn.). Parula Warbler. 



a'. Eyelids dusky; yellow of lower pai'ts extending back over sides and upper 

 part of belly (sometimes over whole surface except under tail-coverts). 

 6'. Belly chieflj^, or entirely, white ; wing with two broad white bands. 



c'. White spot on inner web of outer tail-feather extending quite to shaft, 

 for greater part of its extent, in adult male, and very nearly to shaft 

 in female. 

 Adult male: Above bluish gray, or plumbeous, relieved by olive- 

 green patch on back and two broad white wing-bands ; lores 

 deep black ; chin, throat, chest, breast, and sides gamboge-yel- 

 low, deepening into a more saffron tint on chest ; rest of lower 

 parts white, the flanks usually tinged with brown. Adult fe- 

 male : Much duller than male, the upper parts tinged with 

 olive-green, lores dull graj-ish duskj-, j-ellow of lower parts 

 paler and duller, etc. Length 4.25-1.75, wing 2.00-2.20, tail 

 1.58-1.75. Hah. Lower Eio Grande Vallcj- in Texas (and, 

 doubtless, adjacent portions of Jlexico). 



649. C. nigrilora (Coues). Sennett's Warbler. 

 c*. White spot on inner web of outer tail-feather scared}- if at all touching 

 shaft in adult male, and nearly obsolete in female. 

 J}. Otherwise similar in color to C. nigrilora, but rather less bluish 



