SYLVICOLID.E — Til!': WAUBLEUS. 273 



Dendroica palmarum, r.viKn. 



YELLOW RED-POLL WABBLEB. 



Mntarilhi fxtlmnnan, Omf.l. Syst. Nat. I, 178S, 9r»l (basnl on Palm WaiMcr, Latham, Syn. 

 II, [». 4l>8, no. lyi, St. I>oiiiingo». StfU-i't />. Lath. ; Vikim-ot, II, pi. Ixxiii. -- Ii»>N. ; 

 I)"Oi:n. Sa<,'ra's Culia, Ois. 1M4<», HI, \A. \"n. Siffricola p. Sai,LF% 1*. /. S. Ih.')?, 231 

 (St. Doinin^'M). l>',„lrou'u p. Maikd, Hinis .s Am. IS.'.S, 288 ; Kcv. 2o7. — SrLATKi:, 

 Catal. ls»;i, :{:5, j,,,. i<ii», - lu. l». Z. S. I8tii, "1 i.Ianiai.a ; Ainil). Hi:yant, Tr. 

 Ilost.Sor. VM, ls:»lMr>aliaiaas). - In. 1>«»7, !»1 (HaytiK lii:K\VF.i;, I'r. liost. Soc 1S<;7, 

 139. -<JrNl.LA(il, Cal). Jour. I8t;i, :{•_>*> (Cuba; very romuion). — Samiki.s, 24<». 

 Sijlria })rhrlnn, WiL.s. VI, pi. x.wiii, tij;. 4. — lioN. ; Nrrr. ; Aid. Orn. Hioj;. II, 

 pi. clxiii, ilxiv. Si/fn'riifii j)ifcc/iiii. Swains.; Aid. WmU An». II, pi. xc Sijlvieola 

 rtifrnpHlii, Hon. RhinKOijJius rtif. Cab. Jour. Ill, !>;'>."», 47'M('ulta ; winter). 



Sp. CiTAR. Adult hi spring. Head abov«> chestnut-red: rest of upper parts Imnviiish 

 olive-jrray ; the ffatheiN with darker et-ntres, the color briirhteiiing on the rump, upper 

 tail-coverts, and outer niap.nns of winirund tail-f»'atheis. to irreenish-vellow. A streak honi 

 nostrils over the eve, and under paits g^eneialiy, ineliidiuir the tail-coverts, l>ri<j:ht yellow ; 

 paler on the body. A inaxiiiaiy liu'S l»reast and siiles linely but rather obsoletely streaked 

 Avith reddish-brown. Cheeks brownish (in hiirhest s[)ring plumage <-hestnnt like the head) ; 

 the eyelids and a spot under the eye olive-brown. Lores dusky. A white spot on the 

 inner web of the outer two tail-feathers, at the end. Length, 5 inches; wing, 2.4*J ; t.iil, 

 2.25. Sexes nearly alike. 



Autunmal males an^ nu)re red<lish above ; under parts tinged with brown, the axillars 

 yellow. 



Had. Eastern Province of North America to Fort Simpson and Hudson's Bay ; Ba- 

 hamas, Jamaica, Cuba, and St. Domingo in Avintcr. Not noted from Mexico or Central 

 America. 



This species varies mnsidcraMy in diftVrent staojcs, hut can generally be 

 recoujnized. Tmniatuiv s|K'ciiiU'ns resemlde tliose of P. tiyrinn, but differ in 

 the chestnut crown, browner back, less bri.^lit rump, brisrhter yellow of under 

 tail-coverts, smaller ]»lotclies on tail, no white bands on the wings, etc., as 

 well as in tlie shape of the bill. 



Habits. The IJed-P(dl Warbler belongs, in its geograpliical distribution, 

 to that large class of birds which visit high northern latitudes to breed, pass- 

 ing bacK: and forth over a wide extent of territory, from the West India 

 Islands to the extreme northern ]»ortions of the continent. Specimens have 

 been procured from Cuha, Jamaica, St. Domingo, and the P)ahamas, in fall, 

 winter, and spring, where, at such times, they seem to be genemlly quite 

 common. It has not been observed in Mexico or in Central or South 

 America. It has been met with on the western shore of Lake Michigan, 

 but nowhere fartlier to the Avest. It has been found in the IJed RiAer Settle- 

 ment, Fort CJeorge, Fort Simpson, and Fort Iiesolution, in the Hudson Bay 

 Ten'itory. It is not knoAvn, so far as I am aware, to breed south of latitude 

 44°. Wilson and Xuttall both state that this bird remains in Pennsylvania 

 through the summer, but they were probably misinformed ; at least, there 

 is no recent evidence to this effect. Wilson also states that he shot speci- 



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