\VIHTK-15I{()\VED WARBLER. 5S9 



T'ae song of this bini is sim]»k^ ami resu'inbles the trill of the Pine Warblers, or 

 jicrliaps, till- continuous lisping' ('hirj) of the Black and White Creeper sounds more nearly 

 like it. 1 think this species must breed in Florida, as I ha,ve specimens taken in the State 

 in June. 1 have never found the nest, but had the pleasure of seeing a specimen in the 

 Smithsonian Institute, that was taken at Williamton, North Carolina. It was entirely con- 

 cealed in a streamei- of Spiiuish moss, and conse(inently must have lu'cn found in a 

 hannnock. as tiiis plant rarely grows in the ]nny woods. As the Tillandsia nearly covers 

 the live oak, magnolia, and other trees, it must be e.xceedingly ditticult to distinguish the 

 bu ic'.i w!ucli co.it lins thi nest. S )me of these birds are constant residents of Florida, 

 lint the majority leave in May with other Warlilers aiul I'eturii in early November. On 

 the Bahamas the Vt'llow-throated Warblers live mostly in the piny woods, associating 

 with the Pine Cree[»ing Warblers, but I have .seen them on t!ie plantatations. I saw one 

 March 4t!i 1S84, on the steps of the Government House in Nassau. One came everv day 

 to tW'il in a large mango tree which stood by the side of my window in Kingston, Jamaica, 

 in March ISSS. 



Dendroica dcminica aibilora. 

 White-browed Warbler 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sub Si'. Oh. Similar in size and general coloration to tvitical D. dominiea. ljut with the yellow line in 

 front of eye wh illy white, and there is a line of wiiite at base of lower mandible, eutting ofl'the yellow. This 

 is the ciimmou form in the Mississippi valley as far north as Ohio, Imliana and Illinois, west to Kansas 

 and Te.xas, east casnally to South Carolina. Nests and Eggs, similar to those of the tyi)ical firm. 



DEIMDROiCA BLACKBURNIAF, 

 Blackburnicn Warbler 

 DESCRIPTION. 

 Sr. Ch. Size, rather small. Form robust Terminal white spots extending over three tail feathers. 

 Coi.ou. Adult male. P.lack above, shaded with yellowish white on back, with a broad streak of orange on 

 crown. \Vings, l)rortn. e(lj;ed with greenish, and both rows of coverts are broadly edged with white, form- 

 ing a i>atch nil wing. Tail, brown, edged with greenish, the basal portion ofout^rwebs of three pairs of 

 ■outer feathers is white and the terminal white spot of inner web extends along the vein for two-thirds its 

 length. The second feather has a very little less, but the spot on the third has a V shaped mark, which 

 does not touch the vein, and in iKHie of the feathers does the white fjllow- the vein to its termination. Spot 

 above and below eye. sujierciliary line, throat and upper part, bright orange chrome. Spnt in front of eye, 

 and patch back or it, black, and behind this on neck is a patch of ^-ellow. Remainder of under parts, not 

 described, yellow, palest behind, streaked on sides with black. Adult female and young m<ist obscured 

 ab)ve with greenish, the white on wing is reduced to two bars and the orange below is paler, but the genei-al 

 markings may be seen, and the wliite of the tail is as in the male. 



OBSERVATIONS. 

 There is some variation in individuals regarding the amount of white on the wings and tail, the white 

 patch on the latter bjing narrower in some than in others, and in the former the white probably sometimes 



