BIRDS Of MAINE. 113 



Genus DENDROICA Gray. 

 Subgenus PERISSOGLOSSA Baiid. 



273. (650). Denclroica tigrina ( (rme/. ) . Cape May Warbler. 

 A somewhat uucomniou summer resident of the Canadian fauua, 



elsewhere of quite rare occurreuce in migrations. 



County Eecords.— Androscoggin, "rare migrant" ' (Johnson) ; Aroos- 

 tooli, "a male shot at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. Nutt. Oru. Club, 

 Vol. 7, p. 110) ; Cumberland, "common migrant" (Mead) ; Franldin, 

 "rare migrant" (Richards) ; Kennebec, (Gardiner Branch) ; Oxford, 

 "probably breeds" (Given iu Mayard's List of Birds of Coos Co., N. H., 

 and Oxford Co., Maine, p. 13) ; Piscataquis, "rare" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, 

 "rare"' (Spratt) ; Somerset, "rare, one specimen taken August 22, 1893" 

 (Morrell) ; AVashingtou, "sununer resident of variable abundance" 

 (Board man). 



Subgenus DENDROICA Gray. 



274. (652). Dendroica sestiva ((rmeL). Yellow Warbler. 

 The Summer Yellow-bird is one of our commonest Warblers, 



being a very common summer resident of general distribution. It 

 is characteristic of no particular faunal area, being found through- 

 out all temperate North America, except iu the extreme southwest 

 and northwest where its subspecies occur. 



Couuty Records. — Androscoggin, "common sunuuer resident" (John- 

 son) ; Aroostook, "occurs at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder. Bull. Nutt. 

 Oru. Club, Vol. 7, p. 109) ; Cumberland, "common summer resident" 

 (Mead) ; Franklin, "common summer resident" (Swain) ; Hancock, 

 "summer resident" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "abundant summer resident" 

 (Gardiner Branch) ; Knox, "summer" (Racklifi") ; Oxford, "abundant at 

 Norway" (Verrill's List of the Birds of Norway, Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. 

 3, p. 136 ec seq.) ; Penobscot, "very common summer resident" (Knight) ; 

 Piscataquis, "rare summer resident" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc "common 

 summer resident" (Spinney) ; Somerset, "summer resident" (Morrell) ; 

 Waldo (Spratt) ; Washington, "abundant summer resident" (Boardman) ; 

 York, "quite common summer resident" (Adams). 



275. (654). Dendroica ca^rulescens ((r/iiel.). Black-throated 

 Blue Warbler. 



A somewhat common summer resident iu some sections of the 

 state, and of very general occurrence as a migrant. The males 

 being of a general grayish-blue color above, the sides of their head 

 and the throat black, and their breast and belly white, together 



