6o BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



DENDRCECA BLACK BURi\IyE. {Gin.) 

 Blackburnian Warbler. 



Adult Male. — Above, black ; a white scapular stripe middle 

 of the crown ; side of head and neck, throat, to the upper breast, 

 bright orange-red ; under parts, white, showing orange on the belly, 

 and streaked with black on the sides; tail, brown; outer tail-feathers, 

 white, tipped with brown ; wing-coverts showing much white. 



Adult Female. — Resembles the male; breast is much paler. 

 In winter, males become pale, and show large stripes of black on 

 the sides. 



Length 4.52, wing 2.60, tail 2, tarsus .68, bill .40. 



Nothino- is known concerning the occurrence of the Blackburn- 

 ian Warbler in the Bahama Islands, except a short note by Dr. 

 Bryant, in which he states that he saw a pair on April 30. 



On one occasion, while shooting in the woods near Nassau, I saw 

 what I believed to be a bird of this species; but upon shooting it, 

 it proved to be only a highly colored specimen of D. doniinica. If 

 Dr. Bryant was not mistaken in the species, it is probably of rare 

 occurrence in the Bahamas. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. II. pi. 87. 



