608 KOIiTU AMERICAN BIRDS. 



uniform black or deep olive, 



strongly contrasted with 



yellow of adjacent parts. 



m". Upper parts with more or 



less of black (in adult 



male entirely black) ; 



breast and belly pure 



white ; scapulars black 



or ash-gray. Adult 



male: Above black, the 



feathers of back usually 



edged with olive-green. 



Adult female not seen, 



and has not been de- 



^ ' scribed ; but probably 



much like the male, 

 with greater admix- 

 ture of olive-green on 

 upper parts and with 

 black of throat more 

 or less broken by ad- 

 mixture of yellow. 

 Young in first autumn: 

 Above olive-green, 

 slightlj- mixed with 

 blackish ; scapulars and 

 upper tail-coverts ash- 

 graj', the latter w'ith 

 black centres; chin 

 whitish ; upper throat 

 yellow, lower throat 

 and chest grayish white 

 superfieiall}-, but black 

 beneath surface. 

 Length about 4.50- 

 5.20, wing 2.50, tail 

 2.05-2.20. J\«( usually 

 in red cedar trees, 10- 

 20 feet up, composed of 

 strips of inner bark of 

 red cedar, fastened to- 

 gether with spiders' 

 •webs, lined with hair 

 and feathers ; placed 

 b e t w eon u ]> r i g h t 



