134 THE CAPE MAY WARBLER. 
No. 60. 
CAPE MAY WARBLER. 
“A. O. U. No. 650. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.). 
Description.—ddult male: Crown in high plumage black, usually olive- 
skirted; back olive-green streaked obscurely with black; rump yellow; wings and 
tail dusky with olive-green edging; a large white patch with olive skirtings on 
wing, formed by lesser and middle coverts ; two or three outer pairs of tail-feathers 
broadly blotched on the inner web; ear-coverts and space below eye orange-brown 
contrasting with clear yellow of hind neck and sides of throat; a yellow supercil- 
iary line often tinged with orange-brown; a line through eye black; below yellow 
heavily streaked with black except on chin, sides of throat, and lower tail-coverts ; 
lower belly and crissum whitish; bill blackish, acute, slightly curved; feet dark 
brown. Adult female: Duller; without distinctive head markings; white wing- 
patch much restricted; dull yellow or dingy white below, streaked with black, 
more narrowly and less extensively than in male. Adults in fall: Entire plumage 
more or less obscured by olive-gray suffusion. Jmmatuwre male like spring female 
but with more white on wing. Jmmature female like adult but whitish instead 
of yellow below. Length 5.00-5.25 (127.-133.3); wing 2.62 (66.6); tail 1.80 
(45-7) ; bill .40 (10.2). 
Recognition Marks.—Medium size; ear-patches orange-brown; bright yel- 
low on sides of neck; yellow with black stripes below (something as in D. macu- 
losa, but the contrast between the colors not so sharp; the streaks more numerous 
and not so clearly confluent in stripes). 
Nesting.—Not known to breed in Ohio. Nest, semi-pensile, of small twigs 
and grass interwoven with spider-webs, and carefully lined with horse-hair. Eggs, 
3 or 4, dull white, speckled and spotted with dark brown and lilac-gray, chiefly 
gathered in wreath about larger end. Av. size, .69 x .49 (17.5 X 12.5). 
General Range.—Eastern North America north to Lake Winnipeg and 
Hudson Bay Territory, west to the Plains. Breeds from northern New England 
northward; winters in the West Indies. 
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Range in Ohio.—Comparatively rare, 
during migrations only. 
THERE are two particularly interesting things about the Cape May 
Warbler, and that which excites our interest is that it is one of the rarer 
warblers. One may study the warbler host for several years without meeting 
this bright-colored little fellow, and then be rewarded with an unexpected 
meeting with several of them in fullest plumage. I have found them in 
orchards more than elsewhere, helping the owner prepare for a rich harvest 
of fruit because the insect eggs are found and destroyed. A troop of warblers 
is worth barrels of emulsion. Ely Wood, Elyria, has also proved a good 
place for the Cape May. Six were found in one company last year, in the 
shade trees along the street. 
