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AUDUBON'S WARBLER. 



oTouiid This was as lute as July lilid. and as the usur.l tinu' for (k'|iositiiig tluMr (.'gp.s is 

 about tlu' iirst orswoml week in .lune. lliey must rear two hrnods in a. season : in t'aet. a, 

 (la\- or two l);'rore I iliseuveied this nest, I shot several rviliy lied.ued young. 'I'he notes 

 of till' Yelluw-runip are lively and inteivstiriii' ; tiiey sin;^ i'roni Ma\- until late in July wlieu 

 tliev moult. After this^ the small eiimpaiues. eomposeil of ])arents and their oUspriiiL!-. • 

 which have hitherto ke|it apart, cdllect in lir^ic Hocks and pre[)are for t lie southern mi - 

 "■rations. The last strau'ulers have left Maine !iy<he middh' of Octoher hut s!>!iie Imger 

 about Massachusetts .as late as the 20th of November, when they mo\e onward, ai-riviug 

 in P'lori<la about the loth of Decembei-. 1 fourcl them inip:atin<z: southw.ud at Micklle 

 Bri'dit, An.dros, Bahamas J)eceud)ei' Kith. JSST, aial ha.ve alwa_\s I'ound them couunou 

 throuu'hout the winter on t'.iese islands e\-en as far soutli as Inagua. They l're(juent alike 

 the scrub and pine woods, and on IIou;- Island near Nassau, I found them feediiit;- on the 

 ben '.-like fruit of a. species of palm. They remain on the Bahamas a.s late as the tii'st 

 week in Ajail. 



DENDROICA AUDUBONI. 

 Audubon's Warbler. 



UESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cn. ISize ami general uiarkiu.L's. similar tu those of tlie Yell<>«-niiiiii. l.ut differs in having the 

 siile.s of head decidedly grayish, with the superciliary patch nearly ahscnt, hut on the other hand, the patch 

 on the upper breast is almost, or quite, unmixed with ashy : the wing hars aie usually fused together, 

 f )rmlr,g a white blotch, and above all. the throat is yellow, nut white. Young birds vary much as in tho?e 

 of the Yellow-rump. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



Known at once from the closely allied Yellow-rump by the yellow throat and markings, as given above. 

 Occurs from the Eastern bonlers of tlie Ureat Plains, west to the Pacific, north to British Oolumhia. Breed- 

 ing throughout its northern range ; wintering in Southern Arizona and California. Accidental in Massa- 

 chusetts : a young male having been taken in Watertown. Nov. 1.3. 1S7(;. by Mr. M. A. Frazar. 



DESCRIPTION OF NESTS AND EGGS. 

 Nests, placed in everiireen trees, composed of strips of tine bark, pine needles fibrous |dants, etc.. lined 

 with fine roots, hairs and a few feathers. Eggs, four or five in number, oval in .form, creamy white in color, 

 spotter! and dotted rather thickly, especially .^n the larger end, with br.iwn of varying shades and pale lilac. 

 Dimensions. .O-j by .50 to .(18 by .52. 



DENDROICA TIGRINA. 

 Cape May Warbler- 



Dendroeca tigrina Baird. Birds of North America, bs5S, iiS(i. 



Perissoglossa tigrina Baird. Review of American Birds, 1S(;4-, fsl. 



Plate XXIX. Adult Male in Spring. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sp. Cii. Form, raUier slender. Size, not large. Bill, not long, rather slender and acuminate. Wings 

 and tail, moderate, the latter slightly eniarginate. Sternum, quite stout, coracoid bones, a little shorter than 



