SVFA'ICOMD.K — THE WAIJIU.KIiS. ;J0;> 



Mr. John TJunouu'lis, oi' Wasliiiigiuii, was so toitiinato as to ol»tain llio 

 nest and ('u;:s of this Warlthr nt'ar the heail-wattTs of tlie Dchiware iJivcr, 

 in li'oxhuiv, |)ela\vaic Cotinty, N. V. " Th*^ nest," ho writes nie, " was 

 in tlie edj^e ot" an old hark-i»eelin|4, in a lieniloek wood, and was jdaeed in 

 some ferns al>out one foot from the j^round. The nest was ([nite massive, its 

 outer i)ortions heini,' eomj»osed of small dry stalks and leaves. The cavity 

 was very deej), and Wiis lined with tine hlaek roots. I have frequently 

 observed this Warhler in that section. Ahout the head of the Neversink 

 and Kso|»us, in the northwest part of lister County, New York, they are the 

 prevailing \Varl»ler, and their soni^ may l»e heard all day h*n<^. Their son.i^ 

 su'^-'ests that of the Kentnekv (Jround Warhler, hut is not so loud and tine." 

 Mr. lUirrouiihs states elsewhere that " the egi;s, three in niimher, were of 

 liiiht tlesh-color, uniforndy sj)eckle<l with tine hrown specks. The cavity of 

 the nest was so deep that the back of the sitting bird sank below the edge." 



Their eggs are of an oldong-oval shape, pointed at one end. They measure 

 .75 by .5.") of an inch. Their unound-cohu- is a pinkish-white, and they are 

 marked with dots and blotches, of varying size, of dark purplish-browu. 



Geothlypis macgillivrajri, Bairp. 



MACOILLIVSATS OBOUND WABBLER. 



Siflvia macrfiUirrayi, Ari». Oin. liio.u. V, 18:V.>, ".'*, pi. ('('«'Xtrix. Trkhna mncg. Am. 

 firiithhipi.s inonj. \^\\\\v^, Uiids N. Am. 1S.>*^, 244, |>1. Ixxix, tig. 4; IJcv. 227. — Sri,ATi:i:, 

 Catal. 18«)1, 27 (.Iiilaiia and (luat.). — In. T. Z. S. 1859, 3«):3, 373 (Xalapa, OaxacaV — 

 Cab. Jour. IsOl, ^4 ^Costa 1,'i.a). — Cooi'f.ii & Sue ki.kv, P. R. R. Rq). XII, ir, Ls"*!*, 

 177. — (-'"ol'KU, Orn. Cal. I, l87o, 1m;. Sjilciathi nun.y. Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 

 118. Stilcia tofini'vi. Towns. J, A. N. Sr. 1839. Triihaj* tuIniUri, Xi'TT. Man. I. 

 Trk'hds vajcta (Licht.), 13r. Consp. 1850, 310 ; Jide Cab. Jour. IStil, 84 (Mexico). 



Sp. Chah. A(hiH male. Head and neck all round, throat and forepart of the hrejost, 

 dark ash-color; a narrow irontU't, loial region, and space round the eye (.scarcely coinj)lete 

 behind), black. The eyelids above and below the eye (not in a continuous rinfr) whit«\ 

 The featJH'rs of flu; <-hin, throat, and tore lireast really black, with ashy-frray tips more or 

 less concealing the black. Rest of upper partj> dark olive-tri'een (sides under the wings 

 paler); of lower, bright yellow. Female with the throat paler and without any black. 

 Length of male, .') inches; wing, 2.45; tail, 2.45. I'o^/^f/ not seen. 



IIab. Western and Middle Provinces of Tnited States, to northern boundary ; Ciist to 

 Fort Laramie; south to Costa Rica. 



The white eyelids of this species distinguish its males from those of G. 

 phihidelpJtia, in which there is a black jugular patch not seen in the present 

 species. The females can only be known by the slenderer bill and more 

 rounded wing, the first (juill being intermediate between the tilth and sixth, 

 instead of being considerably lon«4er than the fifth. 



The autumnal a<lult male is as descril)ed above, except that there is a faint 

 tinge of green on the crown, and the ashy bordei^s to feathers of throat and 



