230 NnKTll AMKUICAN lijKDS. 



patcli on th«' tsi.lc of thv Itn-ast, irainl>oir«'-yt'llow : space IxMirath and anterior !> tlu» eyes, 

 forepart of hrejust ami sidfs, hhu.-k ; tliis eolur exten<lini,' lieliind on tin- siiK's in streaks. 

 Muklle of l)elly. un<ler tail-rov«'rts. a j»ortion of npper and lower eyelids, and a l»roa<l l>and 

 on the winjrs, Avith a spot on each of ilu- foin* or five «'Xterior tail-teathers. Avliitr: rest 

 of tail-ft-atlicrs Ith'rk. Fniwle l)rown aliovc : the oila'r inarkinirs less eunspicnons and less 

 black. Length, ').'J'); a\ itiirs, 3.*J0 ; tail, li. 'Jo. Yo>intf. first phnnauc whoU* l»ody, inelud- 

 mg head all ronnd and rnn]j». ronspienously streaked with slaty-Ulack n}»on an ashy jrroiujd 

 ahove and white helow. No yellow on crown, rump, brejist, or throat. Vrings and tail as 

 in autunnial adult. 



I! All. Western and Middle Provinces <»f the Tnited States; Cape St. Lucas; Western 

 Mexieo and Orizaba? Oaxaca (cold re<rions, Hctitber, Sclatku) ; (Jnatemala (Salvix). 



This l»ird is very closely allied to D. arroudta, but is distinj^^iislied by the 

 yellow (i)ot white) throat ; the absence of a sin)erciliary white stripe (the 

 eyelids white, however) ; the restriction of the black of the face U) the hires, 

 and to a suffusion round the eye ; and the presence of one broad bami on the 

 win^s, instead of two narrow ones. 



Habits. This beautiful Warlder, so strikingly simulating the D. coronata 

 in the diameter of its markings, and n(jw so well known as a connnon species 

 on the Pacific coast, wjis first met witli by Mr. Townsend near the Columbia 

 liiver, where he found it verv abundant. His account of its habits is incon- 

 sistent, and pndjaljly not reliable. Mr. Xuttall, who was with Mr. Townsend, 

 differs, also, essentially in his account. He states that he first saw them abuut 

 the middle of April, and that their song bore a very close resemblance to that 

 of the D. asfica, Init was delivered in a much su]»erior style. They remained 

 his sunnner companions, breeding amnng the shady firs on the borders of 

 prairie oj)enings, where there was an abundant sii}»ply of insect food. I>y the 

 8th of June he found their young already out, in small and busy Hocks, so- 

 licitously attended by their i)arents. They greatly resembled the young of 

 the coronain. These birds fretpiented large trees, particularly the water-oaks, 

 and the lower branches of gigantic firs. 



Dr. C'oopjer found this Warbler one of the most abundant s])ecies of Wash- 

 ington Territory, and believed them to l)e, to some extent, a resident species, 

 as he met them about the Straits of Fuca in March. He s])eaks «)f its song 

 as lively, and heard everywhere >n the borders (d' the woods, even near the 

 coast, where few of the smaller s}>ecies ever visit. In the fall he noticed 

 straggling flocks of the young wandering about the low shrul)bery in large 

 numbers. The same writer also states that this species is in winter a very 

 abundant bird in the southern part of California, Hitting about among the 

 bushes and low trees. The males are then in the didl plumage of the females, 

 and do not put on their richer hues until ^bircli or April. He saw nou'.; 

 south of Sj^n Francisco after ^biy 1, but they began to reappear in Se]>tend)er. 

 As he found newly Hedged young near Lake Tahoe, he thinks they lireed 

 throughout the higher Sierra Xevada. At the sea level in latitude 37° they 

 appear late in September, and remain until ^larch 2t>. 



Dr. Suckley regarded this bird as the most abundant species visiting the 



