64 BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 



The present species, although not abundant, is found through- 

 out the Bahamas during the winter. We occasionally met with 

 it during December and January, and on the 26th of the latter 

 month I observed several of them' flitting about among the trees in 

 front of the hotel at Nassau. Its food, like others of its family, 

 consists mainly of insects. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. II. pi. S5. 



DENDRCECA DISCOLOR. {VieiL) 

 Prairie \A'arbler. 



Winter Plumage, Jllaie. — Above, olive-green; the interscapular 

 region with faint indications of chestnut; under parts, yellow, faintly 

 striped with ash upon the sides ; throat, yellow, showing" slight traces 

 of white; a narrow yellow stripe from the nostril encircling the 

 eye, broken at its posterior part by a streak of ash ; cjuills and tail- 

 feathers, brown, edged with white ; two outer tail-feathers with a 

 long patch of white upon the inner webs. 



Winter Plumage, Female. — Similar to the male, but the mark- 

 ings much paler; yellow stripe of the eye very indistinct, and of a 

 pale yellowish white. 



Length 4.50, wing 2.10, tail 2, tarsus .74, bill .40. 



This pretty little Warbler is one of the most al^undant species 

 found on the islands. Upon almost every key, large enough to admit 

 of the growth of a few bushes, they were to be found, searching 



