BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 385 



bly on the mind of the observing naturalist. These birds leave 

 us early in September. 



The Black-poll Warbler is five and a half inches long, and 

 eight and a half in extent; crown and hind head black; cheeks 

 pure white; from each lower mandible runs a streak of small 

 black spots, those on the side larger; the rest of the lower parts 

 white; primaries black, edged with yellow; rest of the wing 

 black, edged with ash; the first and second row of coverts broad- 

 ly tipt with white; back ash, tinged with yellow ochre, and 

 streaked laterally with black; tail black, edged with ash, the 

 three exterior feathers marked on the inner webs with white; 

 bill black above, whitish below, furnished with bristles at the 

 base; iris hazel; legs and feet reddish yellow. 



The female differs very little in plumage from the male. 



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