952 NollTlI AMKRK'AX lURD.^. 



IIaf.. East«Mn Proviiiot* ofXortli America to IIii<lson's IJay : (^natciiiala, sotitli to I-sth- 

 mus of Daricii. Xut rcci iidcd from M»'xic(» ov Wot J!i<lit\v. 



The female and immature males of this species differ much from tlie 

 spriiiii^ males, and are olteii confounded vvitli other species, esi>eeially with /A 

 sfrt'tff/i. A carcfid comparison <jf an extensive series of immature s]>ecimens 

 (»f the two s]>ecies sliows tliat in nfsfanrft the cider ])arts are seldom washed 

 uniformly on tlie tliroat and breast with yellowish-ureen, hut while this 

 may l>e seen on tlie sides of the neck and breast, (jr even across the latter, 

 the cliin and throat are nearly white, the sides tini^ed with dirtv brown, 

 even if the (generally in-esentj trace of chestnut be wjintinu on the sides. 

 There is a butf tinL,^e to the under tail-coverts ; the quills are iibruptly mar- 

 gined with white, and there are no traces ('h(»wever obsolete) (»f streaks (m 

 the breast. In I), strintn the under parts are (piite uniforndy washed with 

 greenish-yelhiw lU'arly as far back as the vent, the sides of the breast and 

 sometimes of the bellv with obsolete streaks : no trace of the uniform dirtv 

 reddish-brown on the sides ; the under tail-coverts are pure white. The 

 quills are only gradually j)aler towards the inner edije, instead of being 

 rather abru])tly white. 



Haiuts. The Uay-breasted Warbler is one of the many s]»ecies belong- 

 in*' to this i^^enus whose history is yet very imneriectlv known. Everywhere 

 quite rare, it is yet distributed from the Atlantic to the (ireat Plains, and 

 from the Gulf of ^Mexico far into the Hudson Uay Territory. In the winter 

 it is known to extend its migrations as far to the south as the northern por- 

 tions of South America. It has not Iteen traced to Mexico nor to the West 

 India Islands, but has been procured by Mr. Salvin in (Guatemala. Nearly 

 all the specimens obtained in the United States have either been taken 

 liefore the 12th of May or in the autunni, indicative of a more northern 

 breeding-] dace. In Kastern ^lassachusctts it is exc(^edingly rare, passing 

 through alter the middle of May and returning in Septemlter. Mr. May- 

 nard has ol»tained a specimen as late as dune 11|, which, th(tugh not neces- 

 sarily ])roving that any breed there, indicates that the line of their area of 

 re]»roduction cannot be distant. In the western part of the same State, Mr. 

 Allen has found it from May I'd to the 2r>th, and has obtained one specimen 

 in July. In Western Maine, ^Ir. Veirill has noted it^ occurrence from the 

 middle of May to June, but it is very rare; and ^Ir. Pioardman reports the 

 same for Eastern Elaine, where it is a summer resident. He writes that he 

 has several times shot specimens in the early summer, but that he could 

 never find the nest. It is also given by Lieutenant lUand as one of the birds 

 found in the vicinity of Halifax. It was not obseryed by any of the gov- 

 ernmental exploring ex])editions, nor -bund in Arizona by Dr. Coues. ^Ir. 

 Lawrence has received sj.ecimens fnmi Tiinama, obtained in winter, Mr. 

 Cassin from J)arien, and Mr. Sclater from (Juatemala. 



This species so far eluded the ' .. -^e of Mr. Audubon as to prevent him 

 from giving any account of its hh'^it He only mentions its occasional 



