PLATE XLVIII.—BLACK AND YELLOW WARBLER. MAGNOLIA 
WARBLER. 
Dendroica maculosa. 
Crown ash; back black; rump yellow; a white stripe commences 
over the eye and extends backward to the neck ; chin and throat yellow ; 
breast yellow, but crossed and bordered by lateral black streaks which 
also extend along the sides of the body ; wings dark with a white patch, 
and many of the feathers pale-edged; tail dark and rounded, with white 
patches on the inner web of all the feathers except the middle pair ; bill 
and feet dark. Length, 5.10 inches. 
Migratory. A sharp and constant watch will be necessary to insure a sight of this 
little beauty in Spring, for he does not at that time give us more than a week or ten days 
of his company as he hastens northward. In the Fall he tarries longer, coming to us 
about the middle of September and continuing his journey rather early in October. Dr. 
Mearns says: ‘‘ This beautiful species is partial to the hemlock-trees, where it feeds in 
company with the Black-throated Green Warbler ; but it is found in all kinds of woods. 
‘It frequently descends to the ground ; sometimes inhabits low bushes.” 
1609 
