SYLV1CUL1D.E — THE WAUliLEUS. 2o.") 



sli^'litly more poiiited tlian the other. They measure .62 of an inch in 

 It'ii^tli and .41> in breailtli. Their ground-color is a light aslnjn hue, or a 

 thill wliite, an<l this is more or less sprinkled with tine dots and hlotLhes 

 of a light hrnwn. For the most part these are grouped in a rinj^ about 

 the larger end. 



Mr. 11. Deane, of ('aml)ridge, foinid this hird breeding near Lake Umbi - 

 gog. Its nest was in the l«»rk <»f a low spruce about three feet from the 

 ground. The nest contained four eggs, and was made of ilry grasses, sinuce 

 twills, and r()otlets. Tt was lined with tine black roots, being a ratliev coarse 

 structure for a Warbler. The eggs were nearly spherical, avcmgiiig .02 by 

 .51 of an inch. Their ground-color was a creamy- white, spauel} marked 

 with a few lai'ge blotches of lilac and umber. 



Dendroica cserulea, Rurd. 



CJESULEAN WABBLEB; WHITE-THROATED BLUE WABBLEB. 



Sijh'iacarulm, Wii.s. Am. Orn. II, 1810, 141, pi. .xvii, fig. 5. Siih-lcohf c. Swains, : .TAitn. ; 



Rich.; Hon. ; .Vrn. (>ru. Bidj^. 1, \\. xli.v ;• Nrrr. Ikndroiai c. Baiuh, Hinls N. Am. 



1858, 280 ; KfV. li)l. — Gunul. i'uh. .Jour. 18»)1, 32»» ^ruki ; very nil*). — Samiels, 



57l». Sijlcid rai'ii, WiL.suN, II, \\. x.wii, tig. 2. — Bt»s. ; Aru. Orn. Biog. 1, \A. xli.v. 



Slilci'f azure4i, Stkimi. Sliaw, Zo«)I. X, 1^17. — Bon, Am. Orn. II, 1828, pi. xxvii (9). 



— Ai'D. Oni. Biog. I, pi. xlviii, xlix : Nun". Sfflcin biju-schtfn. Say, Long's Exind. 



I, 1823, 170. S'tfrlc pujutlnram, Vieill. Kncyc. Meth. II, 1823, 449 (from Wilson). 

 Otlicr localities : linffuht, Sclatek, P. Z. S. 1857, 18. Pumnna li. Ji., Lawrence, Ann. 



N. Y. Lye. 1801, 322. Vi(caian, Lawk. Vcnujua, Salv. 



Sp. Char. Afale. Above bright blue, darkest on the crown, tinged with ash on the 

 rump; niitMk* of bark, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, and sides of the crown, streaked with 

 black. Beneath white ; a collar across the bre;ist, and streaks on the sides, dusky-blue. 

 Lores, and a hue through and behiufl tlie eye (where it is l)ordered above by whitish), 

 dusky-blue; paler on the checks. Two white bands on the wings. All the tail-feathers 

 except the innermost with a white patch on the inner web near the end. Female, green- 

 ish-blue above, brightest on the crown ; beneath white, tinged with greenish-yellow, and 

 obsoleti'ly streaked on the sides ; eyelitls and a superciliary line greenish-white. Length, 

 4.25; wing, 2.G."i; tail, l.!)0. 



Had. f]astern Fnite*! States, north to Niagara Falls ; Cuba (very rare) ; Guatemala ; 

 Veragua, Panama, and Bogota. Not recorded from Mexico (except Yucatan), or West 

 Indies (except Cul)a). 



The antnnmal adult plumage of both .sexes is, in even^ respect, exactly- 

 like the spring dress. Young males in late summer are very similar to adult 

 females, but are purer white l)elow, and less uniform greenish-blue above, the 

 dark stri])es on sides of the crown and black centres to scapulars being quite 

 conspicuous ; the young female, at the .same season, is similar in pattern to 

 the adult, but is dull green above, without any tinge of blue, and light butiy- 

 yellow below. 



There is considerable variation in adult males, especially in the width of 



