MAGNOLIA WARBLER 



Male. Fall. Quite different; mostly brown- 

 ish gray above and less distinctly streaked, 

 the yellow patches on crown and sides less con- 

 spicuous. Lightly streaked below. 



Female. Similar to male in fall. 



Young. With still browner tints prevailing. 

 Yellow patches on sides much duller and smaller, 

 sometimes almost wanting, but yellow rump 

 always conspicuous in any plumage. 



A rare winter visitant. Of more terrestrial 

 habits than most of the Dendroicce, but often 

 seen also in tall trees. 



7. Dendroica magnolia (Wilson) 

 Magnolia Warbler 



Dendroica maculosa RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and M. 

 Amer., II, 532, 1902. 



Length 112 mm. (4.40 in.); tail 48 mm. 

 (1.90 in.). 



Male. Spring. Top of head and nape (ex- 

 tending behind ear coverts) bluish gray; a 

 white elongated patch over and extending be- 

 hind upper eyelid, a white mark on lower eyelid ; 

 forehead, cheeks, and back black; rump bright 

 lemon yellow; tail black with square white 

 patches on webs of quills forming an incom- 

 plete white band across its middle; wings 

 black edged with gray and with a conspicuous 

 white wing patch; under parts bright yellow, 

 heavily streaked with black, the streaks con- 

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