CAPE-MAY WARBLER. 395 



The length of this species is five inches and a half, extent 

 eight and a half; bill and legs black; whole upper part of the 

 head deep black; line from the nostril over the eye, chin and 

 sides of the neck rich yellow; ear feathers orange, which also 

 tints the back part of the yellow line over the eye; at the ante- 

 rior and posterior angle of the eye is a small touch of black; 

 hind head and whole back, rump and tail coverts yellow olive, 

 thickly streaked with black; the upper exterior edges of several 

 of the greater wing coverts are pure white, forming a broad bar 

 on the wing, the next superior row being also broadly tipt with 

 white; rest of the wing dusky, finely edged with dark olive yel- 

 low; throat and whole breast rich yellow, spreading also along 

 the sides under the wings, handsomely marked with spots of 

 black running in chains; belly and vent yellowish white; tail 

 forked, dusky black, edged with yellow olive, the three exteri- 

 or feathers on each side marked on their inner vanes with a spot 

 of white. The yellow on the throat and sides of the neck reaches 

 nearly round it, and is very bright. 



