354 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. 



and vent white; legs and feet dirty yellow; bill black, and be- 

 set with bristles at the base. The female is more of a dusky 

 ash on the breast; and in some specimens nearly white. 



They no doubt pass this way on their return in autumn, for 

 I have myself shot several in that season; but as the woods are 

 then still thick with leaves, they are much more difficult to be 

 seen; and make a shorter stay than they do in spring. 



