104 SYLVICOLIDH, WARBLERS. —GEN. 35. 
States, rather common; north to Maryland and Ohio, but rare; West Indies 
(where it breeds), Mexico and Central America. S. flavicollis Wits., ii, 
64, pl. 12, f. 6; S. pensilis Nurr., i, 374; Aup., ii, 82, 79; D. super- 
ciliosa Bp., 289; .D. dominica, Bp., Rev. 209. . . . =. . DOMINICA. 
Kirlland’s Warbler. “ Above slate-blue, the feathers of the crown with 
a narrow, those of the back with a broader, streak of black; a narrow 
frontlet involving the lores, the anterior end of the eye and space beneath 
it, black; the rest of the eyelids white; under parts clear yellow, almost 
white on the under tail coverts, the breast with small spots and the sides 
with short streaks of black; greater and middle wing coverts, the quills and 
tail feathers, edged with dull whitish; two outer tail feathers with a dull 
white spot on the inner web; 53; wing 2*, tail 23” (Baird). Very rare; 
only two or three specimens known, from Ohio and the Bahamas. A species 
I have never seen; but I suspect that its relationships are with dominica and 
gracie, and that they may prove still closer with the Portorican species 
of the same group (adelaide). Batrp, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. v, 
1852, 217, pl. 6; Cass., Ill. i, 278, pl. 47; Bp., Rev. 206. . KIRTLANDII. 
Yellow Red-poll Warbler. Palm Warbler. In spring: brownish-olive, 
rump and upper tail coverts brighter yellowish-olive, back obsoletely 
streaked with dusky, crown chestnut; superciliary line and entire under 
parts rich yellow, breast and sides with reddish-brown streaks, somewhat as 
in the summer warbler; a dusky loral line running through eye; no white 
wing-bars, the wing coverts and inner quills being edged with yellowish- 
brown; tail spots at very end of inner webs of two outer pairs of tail 
feathers only, and cut squarely off—a peculiarity distinguishing the species 
in any plumage. Q not particularly different from the ¢ : young, an ob- 
scure-looking species, brownish above like a young yellow-rump, but upper 
tail coverts yellowish-olive, and under tail coverts apt to show quite bright 
yellow in contrast with the dingy yellowish white or brownish white of other 
under parts ; pectoral and lateral streaks obscure; crown generally showing 
chestnut traces; but in any plumage, known by absence of white wing-bars 
and peculiarity of the tail spots, as just said. 54, wing 23, tail 24. East- 
ern North America, abundant: usually found in fields, along hedgerows and 
roadsides, with yellow-rumps and sparrows; the most terrestrial species of 
the genus, often recalling a titlark ; remains in the fall latest of any, except 
the yellow-rump. Winters in Florida and the West Indies (Allen). SS. 
petechia, WiLs., vi, 19, pl. 28, f. 4; Nurr., i, 364; Aun., ti, 55, pl. 90; 
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Pine Warbler. Pine-creeping Warbler. Uniform yellowish-olive above, 
yellow below, paler or white on belly and under tail coverts, shaded and 
sometimes obsoletely streaked with darker on the sides; superciliary line 
yellow ; wing-bars white; tail-blotches confined to two outer pairs of feathers, 
large, oblique. Q and young, similar, duller; sometimes merely olive-gray 
above and sordid whitish below. The variations in precise shade are inter- 
minable ; but the species may always be known by the lack of any special sharp 
