MIGRANT GROUP BLACK LIST 67 



159. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



Reddish-brown, black-streaked White, ashy. 



7. See 173. Short yellow stripe may escape notice. 



160. BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 



Olive, black-streaked White. 



^%. Whole top of head, glossy black ; sides of head, 



white ; wing-bars and tail-spots, white ; sides of throat and 



breast, black-streaked ; $ , minus black crown, and, below, 



white less pure, streaks less marked. 



Breeds exceptionally on northern edge; nest, large for bird, oftener 

 in evergreens, a few feet from ground ; eggs, late in June, 5, vari- 

 ously tinted ; generally the last spring migrant, about June ist. 



161. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. 



Slaty-blue Black, white. 



5. Sides of head, throat, and sides of body, /^Z black ; 

 wings and tail, dark, former with large white spot on the 

 edge ; below, except throat and sides, clear white ; $ , dull 

 olive above ; wing-spot, somewhat obscure ; below, whitish. 



Breeds on northern edge, rarely a little south, and in the mts. of 

 Pa. ; nest, of various fine materials ; eggs, June ist, 3-5, " creamy- 

 white, tinged, when fresh, with rose-color," and spotted ; a beauty. 



^ % Nos. 162-164 : Showing black and red, but no yellow. 



162. WILD PIGEON: PASSENGER PIGEON. 



Grayish-blue Purplish-red. 



16. Bill, black ; eye, red ; metallic gleam on neck ; 

 shoulders, black-spotted ; ends of wings and middle tail- 

 feathers, black ; outer tail-feathers, whitish, black, and 

 chestnut ; tail, long and graduated ; throat and breast, 



