248 NOIITTI AMERrCAX IJIRDS. 



sitiijitinns chosoii for tin* iiosts <1(» imt «liller injitcriallv from thnso usiuiUv 

 selt'cU'tl l>y till' ((Uiiuum // nsfivn. 



The eii^s nl this WiiiMtT ure of an ol)loiii;-oval sliapc, liavo Ji ^Toin id-color 

 of a rich crcaiuv-whitc, and arc hcautifullv si»ntt«'d, chic v al>out the lari/cr 

 end, witli two shades of [jurple and piirplish-ijrown. Tiiey measure .(jf) by 

 .49 of an incli. 



Dendroica striata, DAiiiD. 



BLACK-POLL WABBLEB. 



Miisi'icnpn striiitn, FousrKK, Phil. Trans. LXIl, ;{;^3, 42s. M<>tii<-iJIii s. Gmf.lin. Sfflvin s. 

 Lath.; Vikii.i.ut; Whs.; Umn. ; Nrn. ; Aid. Oin. Bio-^. 11, pi. . xx.xiii. — Lkm- 

 BKYK, Av. ('ul»a, ISfiM. ly.i. Silh-tinjti s. SUAINSON; BoN. ; An». Bini.s .Vin. II, ]>1. 

 Ixxviii. — Hkinhauht, Vid. M<»1. for lsr>:>, iSfii, 7'-'> (iUn'uhiwh. — Max. (^':i]». Jour. 

 VI, !>.'»>, ll:j. Mnindltii s. Kkinh. ll>is, l>r>l, (> ((;r('t'iil.iinl). Hkinuinphns s. Cah. 

 .Four. Ill, 47") (Culia). Dcndroirn s. Baikd, Bir.ls N. Am. IS.'kS, 2S(» ; lUv. 192. — 

 i'urKs, I'r. A. N. Sc ISHl, 22(» (I-altra«lor >oast). — tJi.NKL. Cal). Jour. iMJl, 320 

 ((.'ul>a ; nin). — Samckl-s 233. - 1) all A: Banmstku (Alaska). > IK ntrirapilh, 

 Lam»i;k<k, A'ifffmann's Anliiv, lJ>t»4, r»G ((hiK-). 



Other loialitics <|nott'«l : JJoyufHf 8(L.vtki:, I*. Z. S. lS5a, 143. liithiimns, BuvANr, Tr. 

 liost. 8oo. VII, 1»39. 



Sp. CiiAit. }r<ile. C'rowii, nape, and nppor lialfof the lieml Mack: the lower half, in- 

 chKliiiu" the ear-t-t'ViTt.s wliite, tlit- .^cpaiating line passi!i<.j tln-ouirh th<' middle of the eye. 

 Rost «»t' upp<'r parts grayish-asli, titigtMl with lirown. and coiK-ipicnoiisly .<troaked with itlark. 

 Wing and tail-lratlnTs brown, cdgt'd ext»'rnally (cxci'pt tin' inni;r tail-lcalher.s) wirh dull 

 oliv«'-gre»>n. Two c'on.<pirMiou.'< l>ar.« of white on the win'^-cov«>rts, the tertials I'llged with 

 the same. Under parts white, with a narrow line on each side of tlu? throat from the chin 

 to the si»les of the lieek. wliere it runs into a close patch of black streaks continued along 

 the Itreast and sides to the root of the tail. Out<-r two tail-feathers with an oblicpie patch 

 on the inner web near the end; the others eilged iniernally with white. F<in((le similar, 

 except that the upper |>arts are olivaceou.s, and. evt-ii on the crown, streaked with black ; 

 the white on the sides and acro.«s tin; lueast tinged with ycllowi.sh ; a ring of the same 

 round the eve eut bv a duskv line throui^h it. LeUL^th of male. '>.7">; winir. o.OO; tail, 2.25. 



Hai!. Eastern Province ot' all North Ameri<;a to Arctic ( >cean; Alasl^a; Greenland; 

 Cuba, in winter (rare); Bahamas; Bogota. 011110/ Xot recorded from intcrinvliatt; 

 localities. 



The autumnal dress of younj^' birds is very difl'erent from that of spring. 

 Tlie u]>]K'r ])arts arc light nlivc-grecn, <d»solctcly streaked with brown ; be- 

 neatli oreeiiish-yellow, (di.soletcly streaked on tlie breast and sides, the under 

 tnil-covcrts jmre white, ji ytdL)wish ring round the eye, and a su|)erciliaiy 

 one of the same color. In tliis dress it is sc.nccly ])ossiine to di.stinguish it 

 from tli(^ immature J), nhstftiwa. The ditferences, as far as tangible, will be 

 found (h'tailcil under the licad of the latter species. 



The yomig bird in its first dress is also quite different, again, from tlie 

 autuninal-i)luniaged birds. The upper ]»arts are lioary-grayish, tlie lower 

 white ; each feather of the wliole Ixulv, except lower tail-coverts, with a ter- 

 minal V' 'T or tr.insveisc spot of blackish, those on the ujjper parts approach- 



