SYLVICOLID.E — THE WAKBLEIiS. 240 



Its true soni;, honnl only in sju-in^, nmsists of two or three loud sweet whis- 

 tles, sometimes slurri'd, t'ollnWL'il by several continuous notes, n-scmltlinn- 

 chir-r-r, in Ji wiry l)ut eluur tone. Their notes are of ijreat [tower forth*' 

 size of the bird. It also has another aud ([uite dilferent s^mLt, which Dr. 

 Coues thought greatly resembled the notes of the ((nnmon American Ited- 

 start. 



As all the birds he noticed had mated by the first of May, he has no doubt 

 that they raise two Inoods in a season; and the fact that h^ found newly 

 Hedi^ed voung as late as tlie middle of AuLfust seems to corrol»oiate the cor- 

 rectness of his sujjposition. In regard to the eggs, uest, or breeding-habits 

 of this species, we have as yet no iidbrmatiou. 



Dendroica pennsylvanica, P.aiivD. 



CHESTNTJT-SIDED WA3BLEB 



Midiirilhi jwrniftiih-anico, LiNN. Syst. Xat. I, T'lti, -V-V'', no. 1S> ; (Imf.lin. Siffvia ]>. Lath. ; 



Wii.soN, I, jil. xiv, lig. :>. It. inlrnin, /,. liAii:!', lUnl.s N. Aiii. 1S5S, 27i> ; Ktv. I'.tl. 



— Sii,AiKR& Salmn, litis, 1s.j!», 11 ; iS'.d, 'I'W (C'«)baii, (Juat. ; Nowmber). — Sami- 



KLs, 231. Siih-l't irf<rort/>/ii'l'i, Lat!I. liul. Oiii. II, 1790, 538. — ViKli.L. ; B(»N. ; 



Ari». <Mii. Biog. I, pi. lix. Sitlriinln l,f. .Swains. ; .Iai:i>. ; Ari>. Binls Am. II, pi. 



Ixxxi. Dendroica ict. Si LATi.i;, 1*. Z. S. l,s.'>9, 3G3 (Xalapa), 373 (Oaxaca). 

 Otlur localities : Buhniuis, IiKyam, I'l-. Bost. .Soc. VII, ls..'»9. ('usta Rio(, Cab. Jour. 



1860, 328. rananui, wiuttT, Lawk, Ann. N. V. Lye 18*51, 322. Vucatan, Lawu. 



Veragua, Salv. 



Sp. Char. M((h'. I'ppor parts stn-aktMl wiri'. Mack aii<l pale bliiisli-trrav, which boconn^s 

 nearly white on the forepart of the liack ; tin- niiiMIc of thf hack irlossinl with irreenish- 

 yellow. The erown is continuous yellow, liortlcrcd hy a lii-iital aud superciliary band, and 

 behind by a scpiare spot (f white. Loial region Mack, scudiiiii- otf a line over the «ye. and 

 another below it. Ear-coveits and lower <yeli<l anil entire undei' parts pure white, a pur- 

 plish-chestnut .stripe starlinjr «»n each side in a line with the black naistache. and ex- 

 tending back to the thigiis. Win<r an<l tail-ft-athers <laik brown, edp'd with bluish-L'ray, 

 except the secondaries and tertials, which are bordered with li^ht yellowish-trreen. Tlu* 

 shoulders with two Ln-ecnish-white bands. Three outer tail-feathers with white patches 

 near the end of the inner webs. 



Female like the male, except that the up)»er parts are yellowi>h-i:'reen. streaked with 

 black; the black niustaclie scarcely appreciable, ricnuth. .'>.(><►; winjj. li.oO ; tail, 'i.'JO. 



IIah. East«'rn I'n^vinee of the liiited States; Bahamas; Guatann-la to Costa Itica 

 and Panama R. U. Not recorded from Mexico i>ro[K'r or West Indies, exce[>t liuhama-s. 



The young in autumn is very dilferent from eitlu^r male or female in 

 spring. Tlie entire upper parts are of a continuous light olive-green; the 

 under ]>arts white ; the siiles of the head, neck, and breast ash-gray, shading 

 in.seiisiblv into ami tin^eiuL: the wiiite of tlie chin ami throat. Xo black 

 streaks are visible above or on the cheeks, and tlie eve is surrounded bv a 

 continuous ring of v.hite not seen in s]»ring. In this plumage it has fre- 

 quently been cimsidered as a distinct species. 



The male in this plumai;e mav usuallv be distinguished from the female 



