382 EEPOET OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



another was obtained l)y Mr. H. C. Oberholser,^ at Eed Bank, Mon- 

 mouth county, September 28th, 1889 ; still another I secured at Cape 

 May, September 11th, 1893, while Mr. W. D. W. Miller- found them 

 rather common near Plainfield, September 23d to October 4th, 1903. 



672a Dendroica palmaium hypochrysea Ridgway. 

 Yellow Palm Warbler, Yellow Eed-poll Warbler. 



Adults hi spring. — Length, 5-5.75. Wing, 2.75. Above, olive-brown, passing 

 into olive-yellow on the rump ; back and nape distinctly streaked with dusky ; 

 wing and tail, dusky, the latter with w'hite areas at the tips of the inner webs 

 of the two outer pairs of feathers ; top of head, bright chestnut, with a yellow 

 line over the eye ; under parts, canary-yellow ; ear-coverts, sides of throat and 

 chest streaked with chestnut. 



Adults in autumn. — Much duller, more olive below ; chestnut crown much 

 more veiled with olive or only present in a few spots ; streaks everywhere in- 

 distinct and veiled. 



Common transient visitant. Spring, April 10th (April 17th) to 

 April 25th; autumn, October 10th to 20th. Mr. S. N. Ehoads took 

 a specimen at Mays Landing, December 2d, 1892.^ 



This warbler has many peculiarities; it arrives early in the spring 

 before the great warbler flights, and is a bird of the ground or low 

 bushes; its most characteristic habit, however, is the regiilar wagging 

 of the tail after the manner of the Titlark or Water Thrush. 



673 Dendroica discolor (Vieillot). 



Prairie Warbler. 



PLATE 71. 



Adult male. — Length, 4.2.5-5. Wing, 2.25. Above, olive-green, mottled with 

 bright chestnut across the back : wings and tail, dusky ; lesser wing-coverts 

 broadly tipped with yellow, forming a prominent band ; greater-coverts slightly 

 edged with white ; four outer tail feathers more or less white, the outermost 

 mainly white even on the base of the outer web, decreasing to an oval spot on 

 the fourth feather ; below, bright yellow, heavily streaked with black on the 

 sides of the breast and abdomen ; a yellow line from the bill over the eye, a 



' Auk, 1895, p. 185. 



= Bird Lore. 1903. p. 199. 



' Stone, Birds of E. Pa. and N. J., p. 137. 



