BIRDS OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS. 63 
Adult Female.— Resembles the male, but is duller in coloration ; 
the black on the head merely a triangular patch. 
Length 4.70, wing 2.40, tail 1.96, tarsus .64, bill .28. 
Dr. Bryant includes this Warbler in his list, and considers it as 
abundant as it is in the United States. I have included it on his 
authority. 
Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A. Vol Il. pl. ‘o6: 
DENDRGCA TIGRINA. (Gm.) 
CAPE May WARBLER. 
Winter Plumage, Male. — Upper parts, olive-green, slightly 
marked with black; feathers of the head, black, edged with gray, 
giving the top of the head a mottled appearance; ear-coverts show- 
ing very slight tinge of chestnut; superciliary stripe, yellow; a 
yellow band passing round the sides of the throat, nearly joining 
above; under parts, bright yellow, streaked with black; quills and 
tail, dark brown, edged with yellowish white; three outer tail-feathers 
with patch of white upon the inner webs; rump, yellow; crissum 
yellowish white. 
Above, olivaceous ash, showing yel- 
Winter Plumage, Female. 
lowish on the rump; no black or chestnut about the head; tail- 
spots not so clear as in the male; beneath, whitish, slightly tinged 
with yellow on the breast, and streaked with dusky, not black, as 
in the male. 
Length 4.75, wing 2.80, tail 2, tarsus .80, bill .4o. 
