BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 64>5 



and Kamtscbatka : it is an excellent songster, and 

 warbles during the night : it is fond of perching 



on the highest trees. 



BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia striata.) 



SY. nigro-striata, supra cinerea, subtus alba, vertice nigro, genis 



niveis. 

 Warbler striped with black; above ash-coloured; beneath white; 



crown black; cheeks snowy white. 

 Sylvia striata. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 527. ^7- Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. 



Sept. 2. 22. Wils. Amer. Orn. 4. 4Q. 

 Motacilla striata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 976. 

 Black-poll Warbler. Pen.Arct. Zool. 2. 401. 2QO. Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 4. 460. 65. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 243. 13. Wils. Amer. 



Orn. 4. 40. pi. xxx./; 3. male. 6. 101. pi. ^iv.f. 4. female. 

 La Fauvette rayee on Le Sailor. Vieil. Ois. de I'Amer. Sept. 2. 



22. pi. 75. male. pi. ?6. female. 



THE male Black-poll Warbler has the crown 

 black : the upper parts of its plumage cinereous, 

 streaked with black : the wing-coverts and pri- 

 mary quills dusky ; the former with two bars of 

 white ; the secondaries are edged with white : the 

 cheeks and throat are white, the latter streaked 

 on each side with black : the breast and belly are 

 dirty white, longitudinally streaked with black : 

 the tail is dusky; the tips of the two outer feathers 

 with a large white spot : the legs are whitish : the 

 female wants the black crown j the double bar 



