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almost always in or near clearings or young growth, I judge 

 that they nest in such localities. Mr. Hutchins informs us, 

 that, in the Hudson's Bay country, the nest is built in wil- 

 lows, and that it is constructed of grass and feathers : he 

 also says that the female lays four eggs. I can find no 

 other description of the nest or eggs. 



After the 25th of September, none are to be found in 

 New England. 



DENDEOICA TIGRINA. Baird. 

 The Cape-May Warbler. 



Mutadtta tigrina, Gmelin. Syst. Nat., I. (1788) 985. 



Sylvia maritima, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 99. Nutt. Man., I. (1832) 156. 

 Aud. Orn. Biog., V. (1839) 156. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Bill very acute, conical, and decidedly curved ; bill and feet black ; upper part of 

 head dull-black, some of the feathers faintly margined with light yellowish-brown; 

 collar scarcely meeting behind ; rump and under parts generally rich-yellow ; throat, 

 fore part of breast, and sides, streaked with black ; abdomen and lower tail coverts 

 pale-yellow, brighter about the vent; ear coverts light reddish-chestnut ; back part of 

 a yellow line from nostrils over the eye, of this same color ; chin and throat tinged 

 also with it; a black line from commissure through the eye, and running into the 

 chestnut of the ear coverts ; back, shoulder, edges of the wing and tail, yellowish- 

 olive, the former spotted with dusky ; one row of small coverts, and outer bases of 

 the secondary coverts, form a large patch of white, tinged with pale-yellow; tertials 

 rather broadly edged with brownish-white ; quills and tail dark-brown, the three 

 outer feathers of the latter largely marked with white on the inner web; edge of the 

 outer web of the outer feathers white, more perceptible towards the base. 



Length, five and twenty-five one-hundredths inches; wing, two and eighty-four 

 one-hundredths ; tail, two and fifteen one-hundredths inches. 



This bird is so exceedingly rare in New England, that it 

 can be regarded as a straggler only. Of its habits I know 

 nothing, and I can give no description of its nest or eggs. 



DENDROICA PALMAEUM. Baird. 

 The Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 



Motacilla palmarum, Gmelin. Syst. Nat., I. (1788) 951. 



Sylvia petechia, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 19. Nutt. Man., I. (1832) 364. 

 Aud. Orn. Biog., II. (1834) 259, 360. 



