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spiders' silk were added to the materials already men- 

 tioned. These eggs were all found the first and sec- 

 ond weeks in June, in Maine. We may judge that 

 a second brood is reared, from the circumstance that 

 Mr. N. C. Brown, who found this to be one of the 

 commonest summer sylvicolines about Portland, Me., 

 says that the young make their appearance about Au- 

 gust 3d, and soon abound (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, Apr., 

 1879, P- l66 )- 



CAPE MAY WARBLER. 

 DENDRCECA TIGRINA (Gm.) Bd. 



Chars. Male, adult : Back yellowish-olive, with dark markings ; 

 crown blackish ; an orange-brown ear-patch ; a black loral line ; 

 rump rich yellow ; under parts the same, tinged with orange- 

 brown anteriorly, pale on belly and under tail-coverts, streaked 

 with black on the breast and sides ; wing-bars fused into one 

 large patch ; three pairs of large white tail-blotches ; bill and 

 feet black. Female: Somewhat similar, lacking distinctive head- 

 markings, with smaller wing-patch and tail-blotches, paler under 

 parts, and fewer black streaks. Young : " An insignificant-look- 

 ing bird, resembling an over-grown Ruby-crowned Kinglet, with- 

 out its crest ; obscure greenish-olive above, rump olive-yellow, 

 under parts yellowish-white ; breast and sides with the streaks 

 obscure or obsolete ; little or no white on wings, which are edged 

 with yellowish ; tail-spots very small." (Cottes.} Length, 5.00- 

 5.20 ; extent, 7.75 ; wing, 2.50; tail, 1.75 ; bill, 0.38 ; tarsus, 0.62. 



This is another exquisite, resembling the Magnolia 

 in its yellow rump and yellow, black-striped under 

 parts, but easily distinguished by the head-markings, 

 especially the orange-brown auriculars ; and possess- 

 ing the additional charm of rarity in most parts of 

 New England. The manner of its presence here is 

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