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almost always in or near clearings or young growth, I judge 
that they nest in such localities. Mr. Hutchins informs us, 
that, in the Hudson’s Bay country, the nest is built in wil- 
lows, and that it is constructed of grass and feathers: he 
also says that the female lays four eggs. I can find no 
other description of the nest or eggs. 
After the 25th of September, none are to be found in 
New England. 
DENDROICA TIGRINA. — Baird. 
The Cape-May Warbler. 
Motacilla tigrina, Gmelin. Syst. Nat., I. (1788) 985. 
Sylvia maritima, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 99. Nutt. Man., I. (1882) 156. 
Aud. Orn. Biog., V. (1839) 156. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Bill very acute, conical, and decidedly curved; bill and feet black; upper part of 
head dull-black, some of the feathers faintly margined with light yellowish-brown; 
collar scarcely meeting behind; rump and under parts generally rich-yellow; throat, 
fore part of breast, and sides, streaked with black; abdomen and lower tail coverts 
pale-yellow, brighter about the vent; ear coverts light reddish-chestnut; back part of 
~a yellow line from nostrils over the eye, of this same color; chin and throat tinged 
also with it; a black line from commissure through the eye, and running into the 
chestnut of the ear coverts; back, shoulder, edges of the wing and tail, yellowish- 
olive, the former spotted with dusky; one row of small coverts, and outer bases of 
the secondary coverts, form a large patch of white, tinged with pale-yellow; tertials 
rather broadly edged with brownish-white; quills and tail dark-brown, the three 
outer feathers of the latter largely marked with white on the inner web; edge of the 
outer web of the outer feathers white, more perceptible towards the base. 
Length, five and twenty-five one-hundredths inches; wing, two and eighty-four 
one-hundredths; tail, two and fifteen one-hundredths inches. 
This species appears to be quite rare in New England, 
but it probably occurs regularly in the migrations. It is 
said to breed in south-eastern Maine, and it probably does 
so in the northern sections. 
DENDROICA PALMARUM.— Baird. 
The Yellow .Red-poll Warbler. 
Motacilla palmarum, Gmelin. Syst. Nat., I. (1788) 951. 
Sylvia petechia, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 19. Nutt. Man., I. (1832) 364. 
Aud. Orn. Biog., II. (1884) 259, 360. 
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