506 THE BIRDS OF MAINE 



655. Dendroicacoronata (Linn.}. MyrtleWarbler; Yellow- 

 rumped Warbler; Yellow-crowned Warbler; Willow Warbler. 



Plumage of adult male in summer: a yellow central patch on crown, 

 another on rump ; wings and tail deep clove brown or blackish, edged with 

 gray ; the coverts white tipped forming two white bars on each wing ; two 

 outer tail feathers on each side with white subterminal patch on the inner 

 webs ; upper parts otherwise ashy bluish, streaked with black ; cheeks black ; 

 throat white ; breast and sides of upper belly marked with black very heav- 

 ily ; yellow patch on each side ; otherwise white below. Plumage of adult 

 female in summer: yellow crown patch, rump patch, and yellow patch on 

 each side as in male ; above bluish gray with more brownish tinge than in 

 male and less heavily streaked with black; cheeks and auriculars bluish 

 gray ; wings and tail brownish rather than blackish and the white wing 

 bands less prominent than in male ; below slightly less heavily streaked ; in 

 general much like the male but always duller colored. Immature and adult 

 winter plumage : sepia brown above, rather obscurely streaked with black ; 

 yellow patches on crown, rump and sides as in summer but duller colored ; 

 dull white below washed with buff on throat and sides and rather obscurely 

 streaked with black, edged with whitish on breast and sides ; in general quite 

 similar to summer female. Wing 2.95 ; tail 2.25. 



Geog. Dist. — Breeding generally from southern Maine, the mountains of 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, the Adirondacks and Catskills of New York, west 

 to northeastern Minnesota, northward to Labrador, Newfoundland and west 

 to the Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Alaska and the Arctic Ocean ; 

 wintering from Cape Elizabeth, Maine (only a few), southward, but chiefly 

 from southern New England and the Ohio Valley to the West Indies, Mexico 

 and Panama. 



County Records. — Androscoggin ; fairly common summer resident, (John- 

 son). Aroostook; common summer resident, (Knight). Cumberland; abun- 

 dant transient near Portland, six individuals were seen near Pine Point and 

 two secured January 1, 1885, (Brown, C. B. P. pp. 7 & 38) ; observed at Cape 

 Elizabeth in January and February, 1904, Dec. 25, 1904, and at various inter- 

 vals in January, 1905, also December, 1905, also last of December, 1906, 

 (Brownson, J. M. 0. S. various issues) ; common summer resident, (Mead). 

 Franklin; common summer resident, (Swain). Hancock; common summer 

 resident, both inland and on many of the wooded islands along the coast, 

 (Knight). Kennebec; common summer resident, (Larrabee). Knox; sum- 

 mer, (Rackliff). Oxford; common at Upton in breeding season, (Maynard, 

 L. B. C. Co. N. H. & O. Co. Me., p. 8). Penobscot; common summer resident, 

 (Knight). Piscataquis; common, breeds, (Homer). Sagadahoc; common 

 summer resident, (Spinney). Somerset; rare summer resident, common 

 migrant, (Morrell); common summer resident of the wilds, (Knight). Waldo; 

 common summer resident, ( Knight) . Washington ; abundant summer 

 resident, (Boardman). York; quite common, (Adams); December 29 and 



