AMERICAN' WARBLERS. 69 



C4EXU8. LOXG-BILLED WARBI^K8. Neodexdroica. 



Size, niejlhiin, 5.25 to 5. 75 lonj?. Colors, bluisli al)ovo; yelloAV 

 Jiinl AT hite henv'Mh, <'i>nsi)ioiiously iiiarkerl ivith l>l;i<-lv. Wing: baii<l.s 

 iiiul tail spots, present and white. Bill, nearly as loii§^ as torsiis. 

 Wings and tail, proj)«)rti<>iiately short. 



AVe have a single species of this genus added to oni- list 

 ns an accidental visitor from the south. Meml)ers of this gen- 

 us, although closely allied to the Wood Warblers in some wavs 

 resemble the Creei3ing AYarblers, especially in hal)it. The feet, 

 however, are not as large. The lairds are slender with a low 

 keel, this not l)eing quite as high as one half the width of the 

 isternum. The tongue is long, slender and horny; its tip is 

 cleft and provided with rather coarse bristles. The stomach 

 is not muscular, thus its walls are rather thin. Type, the Yel- 

 low-tln-oated Warbler. 



YKLLOW-THKOATEB WAKBLEK. 



]Veodendroica doniiniea. 



Plate YI, Fig. 5, male. 



Size, 5.25 to 6.75. Bluish above, yellow on throat, white 

 elsewhere beneath, conspicuously marked with black. Casu- 

 al in New England. 



Adilts. Bluish above, white beneatli, with throat and upper breast, yel- 

 low. Sides of top of head ( sometimes all of it), cheeks s}X)ts on sides of neck 

 and sides, black. Spot on side of neck and line over eye, becoming yellow in 

 front o{ it, white. 



Young. Generally similar, but tinged with greenish above ; the throat is 

 not as yellow, and the black markings .are not as extended. Both sexes are sim- 

 ilar. 



DiMEXsioxs. Length, 5.35; stretch, 8.35; wing, 2.70; tail, 2,10; bill, 

 ,59 ; tarsus, .02. 



Comparisons. Readily known by the bluij-h back, yellow throat and tht- 

 black markinofs beneath. 



