2:)8 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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Sp. Char. r[>iM'r parts iicurly imiforrn >>liu'k, with a wljitish srapiilar strip*' atid a larp* 

 white palili ill ihf iiii<Mlt,' of tiif \viii<.'-<-ovt'rts. An ohlttiij; patch in ihf mitldU' of the 

 iTtiwii, auii tlii* I'litiiv si«l»' of thf Uviul aii<I uvrk (iiH-linhii;/ a sup* rciUarv strip*' lioni the 

 nostrils), thi" chin, throat, and li»n'piirt of the Itn-ast. Initrht oran;ji'-rt'<l. A hlark strip*' 

 froiu thi' foiniiiissinv pa>siii!.' aroiiii»l th«- lower haH'ol'the eye. and iiuliuhn^' the ear-eoverts; 

 with, how«'Ver, an oraiiire ereseent in it, just hcjow the i'Ve, the e.xtrenu' lid hcin^' hhvek. 

 Rfst of under parts wiiite, stroii^rly tinpd with yellow i>h-oran<.''e «)n the hreast atid hi-lly, 

 and streaked with hlack on thesiiles. Outer three tail-feathers white, the shatis and tips 

 darkhrown; the fouith and fifth spotted much with whit*-; the other tail-featlu'rs and 

 tpiills almost l»lack. Ffiniile similar; the colors diillei ; the feathers of the upper part.s 

 witli olivaceous ed;res. Lenj.'th, r),r>0 ; win^', li.So : tail, 2.25. 



Had. Eastern Province of L'nited States; Eastern Mixico, and south to IJojiota and 

 Ecuador; Uahamas alone of West Indies with eerlainty. 



Autumnal males re.scmlde tlie femalos. They have two white bands in- 

 stead of one ; tlie hlaek sti ipt'S on the sides are larger ; under parts yellowisli ; 

 the throat yeUowish, passing into purer yellow l>ehiud. 



Autumnal young Idrds have the .same jKittern of coh)ration, but the dark 

 jjortions are dull grayi.sh-umlier, with the streaks very obs(dete,and the light 

 parts dull bufCy-wliite, tinged witli yeUow on the jugidum ; tliere is neither 

 clear black, briglit yellow, nor pure white on the plumage, except the latter 

 on the wing-bands and tail-i)atches. 



Habits. Tliis somewhat rare and ver\' beautiful Warbler retpiires addi- 

 tional investigation into its liabits before its liistory ean be regarded as satis- 

 factorily known. Save in reference to its wider distribution during its south- 

 ern migrations, little more is known as to its habits than where Amlubon 

 left its history nearly thirty years since. The Smitlisonian collection has 

 s])ecimens from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, and from 

 Central America. Mr. Sclater luis received specimens Iroiii Mexico, and from 

 Ecuador in South America. Other writers mention having specimens from 

 Guiana, Martinitpie, and Panama, and Dr. Ihyant found it in the Pahamas. 

 It is thus known to have a wide distribution from the Atlantic to the Mis- 

 sissippi Kiver, as far to the north proluddy as Ddn-adin*. Its area of repro- 

 duction is not known with exactness, but the southern limit is sujjposed to 

 be the high wooded districts of Pennsylvania, New York, and Xew England. 

 A young bird was taken by Holbidl, October IG, 1845, at Frederikshaab, 

 (Greenland. In 1837 an q\i^)^ was sent me from Coventry, Vt, which pur- 

 ported to Ijehmg to this bird ; and in the following summer its nest and eggs 

 were procured in a wild, secluded ])art of Pox bury, Mass. In neither case 

 was the identification entirely free from doubt. 



Dr. Pachman states that when a resident of Lansingl)urg, N. Y., in 1833, 

 he saw a i)air of these birds in the act of constructing their nest. Mr. Alien 

 has no doidit that a few Ineed in the vicinity of Springfield, ^lass., as he has 

 obtained them as late as June 24. He found it most common in mixed or 

 hard- wood forests. It arrives about the middle of May. Professor Verrill 

 gi\es it as a summer resident of Western Maine, though rarely seen on 



