.V.ic. 



YELLOW-Rr.MPKI) WARBLKi;. 



in spring, wliitlaT no oul' knows, i)nt it is cci-tuinly not funnd after April on .inv ol' t!i.' 

 islands which I liaA'c visitL'il, it is possildc that we ha\e in these two species ofWinls ex- 

 amples which Hiiiirate north in winter ami which return sontli. to perlia]is the mountains ol' 

 Culjato hreed. 1 ha\i' no pi'oot' whatever to olll'r to support this sngu'estion. hut th > id.M 

 occureil to nie a niunheror xcars ago and I merel\' mention it in lack, of anv thing else. 



DENIDROICA CORONATA. 

 Yellow-rumped Warbler 



Deiidrnt'ca curunata <ii'a_v, <n-iifrii, 'Jil eil. yii|iiil., Is4_'. s. 



()l!SKK\Afl(»NS. 

 Sr. Cii. Form, nut sleniler. Size, moderate. Rill, shorter ami inure slender than in D. striata, an I 

 distinctly notched. Feet, rather small. Win^^s and tail, inoderato. the latter snuare and slightly em ir,L^in- 

 ate. Sternum, precisely similar in form to thac of D. striata and pini. Toag'ii^ ruhir sh )rt aulHj-iliy, 

 somewhat acuminate, slightly bitid. the end fringed with short cilii which exteal a slurt distance along the 

 tlie sides. 



CoLiir.. Adnlt male in spring. Al)ove. slaty blue, streaked with black. Spot on ti.ip of the head, on 

 each side of the b'xly, and the rump, bright yellow. Wings, dark brown, edged with slaty and whitish. 



Upper wing coverts, black, margined with slaty, anil tipped with 

 white, forming two bars. Tail, also la-i.'wn. with the three outei- 

 feathers spotted terminally on the inner webs with white.. Be- 

 neath, including the throat, under tail coverts and under wuig 

 coverts, wdiite. Sides of heail, breast, and broad lines on the 

 ~ides. black. \^ith streaks of the same on the tlanks : the black of 

 the bi-east and sides is t'rei|uently mi.xed with white. Tliere is a 

 white supcrriliai'v hne over the eye. 



Female, in spring, ditfers from the male in havnig less black 

 above and below. There is a brownish cast over the back. There 

 is less yellow on the sides, rumj) and head, wdiile the feathers of 

 the latter are tipped with diisky. The ear coverts are nearly dusky 

 and the superciliary line is not as well defined. The adnlt nrde. in antunin. almost exactly resembles the 

 female in spring excepting that the patches of yellow are larger ; there is also nnre of the brownksh suffusion 

 above and rather more white beneath. Thealnlt female, in autumn, is much browner above than the male 

 and has also a brownish suffusion beneath. The young male resembles the autumnal female. The sides of 

 the head, yellow of the ci-own, and sides are somewhat oliscured with brownish. The 3'ouug female is so 

 brown above as nearly to obscure the black markings of the back and the yellow of the crown. The black 

 beneath is nearly obsolete, and the yellow of the sides is only faintly indicated. The young, in the nestling 

 pluniage. have the tail and wings like the young in autumn, but the body above and liebiw is streaked with 

 black and white, over which is a rufous suffusion ; this is caused by every feather having a black center with 

 lighter sides. The sexes are similar. Occasionally a specimen in this stage will have a yellow rump : out 

 of five which I collected on Grand Manan. one is thus marked, and strangely this individual proved a female 

 by dissection. A nestling collected by Mr. Ileriick, in the above named locality, has acquiieil the yellow 

 rump through moulting before shedding any other feathers. In all stages the irides are brjwn ; the feet and 

 bill, black. 



UBSERVATIU^'S. 



Just before the moult, in autumn, the yellow patches grow much paler, in fict, become lemon-colored 

 I have taken very brightly plumagcd males in spring with considerable yello.v in the white of the thn.iat. in 



Fig. II.J. Head and outer tail 

 featliei- of Yellow-rumped Warbler. 

 Adult ujule in spiing. 



