SYLVK'OLID.K — THE WAliULKKS. 24o 



(lescrilxHl ))>' AikIuImui. The efjj,' is pure crvstal-wlii to, oltlonji: and pointed, 

 and maikeil with piiiph' and lauwn. 



My. llid.^wav infoini.s me that in Southern Illinni.s, at least in the valley 

 of the Lower AVabasli,t lie VeU(»w-tlir(»ated \Varl>lir may he said to heat least 

 a re.ij;uhir, tliuu^i^h not turinion, sumnK-r sojourner. Tliou,L,h it inhabits ehielly 

 the swampy portions of the hottv ni-lands, it makes tVetiuent visits to the or- 

 chards and door-yards, h'ss often, however, in the hreedin^ than in the mi- 

 liTatinu; season. In its manners it is almost as much ul' a Creeper as the 

 Miiinfiitu r/'/'/V/, V>einn fretpiently seen creeping; not only aloni^ the branches 

 of trees, but over the eaves and cornices of Imildinus, with all the facility 

 of a Nuthatch. 



K^^'i's su})])osed to ;:<' of this s])ecies, taken near Wilmin<j:ton, X. (A, by 

 Mr. Norwood (iiles (1(),U»'.>, Smith, (nil.), have a '^round-color of dull ashy- 

 white, with a livid tinge. They are thickly sj>eckled, chietly around the 

 laruer end, with irrej^ular markings of rufous, and fainter ones of lilac in- 

 terspersed with a very few minute s])ecks of black. They are broadly ovate 

 in form, and measure .7n by .5o of an inch. 



Dendroica graclse, toies. 



ASIZONA WABBLEB. 



Lkmh-okn ffr.'<-i(c {VovF.s), 1Jam;i), lu'V. Am. I>ii»ls, I, .Vi>ril, l^tJo ; \>. 21i>. — Elliot, Ilhist. 

 Birds N. Am. I, vi. — Coupku, Oni. 'Aii. I, lb7u, OGo lAjipendix). 



Sp. Cf'AR. Ailnlf male. fXo. 4U.GS0, Muy 1. ISc;."). Dr. K. Cones). Whole upper parts, 

 inoludinir (.'ar-<M)vert.s and sides of iictk. a<li-L:i;i_v ; siuall fiiiiraTt.' streaks over the crown, 

 coalesct'd laterally into a hroad stripe oneaeli side, with lartior cinieate streaks on thcinter- 

 seapnlai' region, and ineonspieuous liue.-r streaks o. upjier tail-eoverts. black. Two eon- 

 spieuons white hands aeross the wint:. loiined Ity the tij>s ol" middle and seeondary eoverts; 

 seeondaries passinu- externally into liifjit a>h. lia'eral tail-leather entirely white, except 

 about the l)asal third t>r the inner web (the dusky running' some distanee toward the end 

 alo!io; the edire). and a broad sti'eak coverin*;" most ot'tln- tei'minal I'ourth of tlie outer web, 

 whieh are clear dusky ; the next feathei" has tl>e outer web exactly the same. V)ut almost 

 the basal half of the inner is <lusky ; on the next the white is eonliiu'«l to an obloncr spot Cnot 

 touohinjjf the inner edire) on about the terminal third, while the outer web is only e<l^'«-d 

 with white; the i-est have n<» white at aU. A supereiliaiy stripe extendimr about .'JU of 

 an ineh behind the eye (that portion behind tlie eye wh'le). Mie lower eyi'lid, maxilhe, 

 chin, throat, and jutiulum j>uie <:anibo!re-yellow. liest ot' lower parts. ineludiuL^ lininir <>f 

 winti", pure wiiite; the sides eonspieuously >treaked with black; lores, and a lew obsolete 

 streaks aloui,' the junetion of the asli and yellow, dusky. Wir.ir, 2.<)0 ; tail, 2.20: bill (from 

 nostril). .^Ji>; tarsus. .(JO. Affnff ft'innh (40.«)S.'). May 24). Similar to the male. l)ut colors 

 duller, and markinirs less sharply defuieil. \Vinu^ 2.4') : tail, 2.0(). Yonntj {^.M\W.yl. Au<rust 

 11). Above brownish-^'iay n-itiKnit sfrenLs. ]>eneath ochraceous-white, obsoletely streaked 

 along the sides. Yellow supei.-iliar\' strij»e not well detined, ami only a tiujre of yellow 

 on the jujrulum, the throat beinir _<r ray ish- white. Wintrs and tail nearly as in the adult. 

 The youn»r in autumnal pluniatrt* is similar, but the yeli<»w occupies its usual area: it is, 

 however, much duller, as well as litrhter. than in the adult. 



Hab. Fort Whipple, near Pre.^cott. Arizona, iieli/.e. British Honduras (var. dectfnt). 



