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which I at one time supposed to be due to the warmer climate, 

 but I have since learned that specimens from the Southern 

 States are like those from Maine, and perfect in shape. 



(d). The ordinary notes of the "Blue Yellow-backs" are a 

 tsliip, a chick, often loud, a cry of cliick-a-cliick-chick, and 

 occasionally a trill, which approaches a chatter. Their song, 

 which I have often heard in May, as well as June, though 

 rather weak and unmusical, is yet quite loud, more so, I think, 

 than some other authors have represented. It begins with a 

 trill of rising inflection and marked accent, which is followed 

 either by twitters, or by notes which remind me of those of 

 the "Black-throated Greens," or by still others like them. In 

 this song I have sometimes recognized a peculiar hoarse tone, 

 which seemed to characterize it strongly. 



IX. PERISSOGLOSSA 



(A) TIGRINA. Cape May Warbler. 



(In Massachusetts generally extremely rare, especially in 

 autumn. In summer, "common at Umba^og," Maine.) 



(a). 5-5 j- inches long. Above, yellowish-olive ; back dark- 

 streaked. Crown dark. Lores black. Beneath, bright yellow. 

 Breast and sides black-streaked. Throat strongly tinged with 

 the bright orange-brown of the ear-coverts. Rump yellow. 

 Wing-bars and tail-spots, white ; former often fused. 



(6). A nest found in the neighborhood of Boston, closely 

 resembled that of the Yellow Bird ( X, A) in every respect. 

 The five eggs, which were fresh in the first week of June, also 

 were like those 'of that species, and probably unlike the usual 

 form, described by Dr. Brewer as measuring " -70 X '55 of an 

 inch," and having "a pinkish-white ground, blotched with pur- 

 ple and brown of various shades and tints. They are disposed 

 chiefly about the larger end, usually in a ring." 



(c). The Cape May Warblers are very rare in Massachusetts, 

 more so, however, during some } T ears than during others, and 

 are so very seldom to be seen near Boston that I have very 

 little information to offer to my readers in regard to their habits. 

 Mr. Maynard has never seen them in the eastern part of this 



