2.S2 NORTH AMERICAN RIRIX^. 



Vancouver. It was very cnimnon tlirouirlmiit tlie iiKumlains, and lie t'oiuul it 

 in every portion of the country west of them, even wliere scarcely a bush 

 was to be seen. 



Accordinj^ to the careful observations of ^Fr. TJolnat IJidi^^way, this War- 

 bler, during the sununer months, in the (rreat lijisin, chiefly inhabits the 

 ])ines of the hiuh mountain ranges, as well as the cedar and pincm woods of 

 the desert mountains. In winter it descends to the lower i)ortions. bein<' 

 then found among tlie willow^, or, in small roving comj)anies, hopping among 

 the tree-topt. [^ tJie river valleys. In manners it is said by him to resemble 

 the Lorondta, but in their notes they differ verv widely. A nest, containin*' 

 three young, was found by Mr. llidgway near the extremity of a horizonttd 

 branch of a pine-tree, about ten feet from the ground. 



The eggs of the Audubon Warbler do not resend)le those of any Dendroivn 

 with which T am accpuunted, but are most like those of the Hooded War- 

 bler. They measure .70 bv .oO of an inch, have a reddish or pinkish white 

 ground, and are sparingly marked with tine brown markings, tinted with a 

 crimson shading. 



Dendroica maculosa, r>AiHi>. 



BLACK AND YELLOW WABBLEB. 



MotaciUa mncnloa^i, Om. Syst. Nat. I, ITSs, i>84. Siflri" m. Lath. ; Vif.ii.l. ; lios. ; 

 Ni'TT. ; Ari). C>ni. liiog. 1, II, V, pi. 1. 12:5. tijilcU-nln m. Swains. ; Box. ; Aid. 

 Binls Am.II, |>1. xivi. llhiinniiphKxv). V\\\. ^owyAW, 18r)."», -irilCulia). Dnulrniot m. 

 Baii:d, liinls X. Am. l.'?38, 284; IJ.vi.-w, "iOt;. _ Sri,ATKi:, P. Z. S. 1^,'.S», ritilJ, :{73 

 (Xalapa). 1 vant, Pr. Best. Soc. VII. 1S.".«» (Baliaina.**). — Sn.ATKU & Salvin, litis, 

 18r)y, 11 (Oiiattniala). — La'.vuknck, .Ann. X. Y. Lye. 18r,l, :522 (Panama; wintiM). — 

 GrNi>LA< 11, Cab. .lour. ISt?!, :32<5 ^("uba ; vtiy ran). — Samiels, 238. Siilviu rmnjintUay 

 AViLS. Ill, pi. xxiii, lig. 3. 



Pr. CiiAH. }fale, in spring. Pill dark Muisli-lilark. ralliiM' liL'litcr lit'iu^ath. Tail dusky. 

 Top of licail liulit irrayisli-l»!iio. Front, lore, dieok, and a stripe innler the eye. Mack, runiiinj; 

 into a larp' trianiriilar patch on the l»a<-k between the winirs, which is also black Evi-lids 

 and a strijK' from the eye aloiiir tlie head white. rp|i«'r tail-covt-rts black, some of the 

 feathers tipped with irray sh. Abdomen and lower tail-coverts white. Rmnj) and under 

 parts, except as described, yellow. Lower throat, breast, and snles str«'akeil with black; 

 the streaks closer on the lowei- throat and for(> breast. Lesser win<;-eoverts. and ed<rcs of 

 the winir and tail, l»luish-i:ray, the Ibrmer .spotted with black. <^>uills aiul tail almost black ; 

 tlie latter with a stpiare patch of white on the inner webs of all the tail-feathers (but the 

 two imier) beyond the middle of the tail. Two white Itands across the' wini;s (sometinu-s 

 coaleseecl into one) foi-med by the nuddle and secondary coverts. Part of the <'due of 

 the iimer webs of the (phlls white. Feathers mari:inintr the black patch on the back 

 behind and on the sides tinired with Lni'eiiish. Lenu'th, ;") inches; win.ir. 2.50 ; tail, 2.2'). 

 Autumnal males diller in absence of black of back, front, sides of head, and to a consider- 

 able <U\i^ree l>eneath. and in mnch less white on the winjrs and head. 



Female in sprinf/. Similar, but all the colors duller. Plack of the ba»'k restricted to a 

 central triangnlar patch. 



IIab. Eastern Province of North America to Fort Simpson; Ea.stcni ^Ie.\ico to Guate- 

 mala ai.d Panama; Bahamas; Cuba (very rare). 



