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155. Dendroica striata (Forst.). 

 BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 



Malb: Above, grayish-olive streaked with black; crown, black; beneath, 

 pure white, streaked on the sides. 



Female: Above, greeish-clive, with dusky streaks; beneath white; 

 sides streaked. Length, 5^ inches, 



Uncommon, very late migrant. Earliest arrival, May 26. 

 Seen again in October. Habits and notes, not specially 

 peculiar. 



156. Dendroica blackburniae (Gmel.). 

 BLACKBURNIA.N WARBLER. 



Male: Above, black; belly, yellowish-white; spot on crown, throat and 

 breast, flre-orange. 



Female: Brownish-olive, where male is black; yellow, where he is 

 orange. Length, 5^ inches. 



Uncommon migrant in May and September. Habits and 

 song not specially peculiar. 



157. Dendroica virens (Qmel.). 



BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. 



Back and crown, cleary j'ellow-olive; throat, black ; forehead and sides 

 of head, yellow; under parts, white. Length, 5 inches. 



Common migrant in May, September and October. Earliest 

 arrival, April 29 ; have seen a pair in Amherst, June 9, but 

 there is no record of their breeding, though they probably do. 

 Nest in coniferous trees, 15-50 feet from the ground, but 

 eggs, habits and song much like the other warblers. 



158. Dendroica vigors!! (Aud.). 

 PINE WARBLER. 



Olive-yellow; beneath, yellow; belly, white. Female duller. Length, 6 

 Inches. 



Common migrant in April and May. Mr. Stearns calls it 

 "a very probable resident" and says he has taken it in nearly 



