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SYLVICOLA STRIATA— LATHAM. 



BLACK-POLL WOOD WARBLER. 



Black-j>oil Warbler, Sylvia striata, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Sylvia striata, Bonap Syn. 



Sylvicola striata, Black poll Warbler, Sw. & Rich. 

 Black-poll Warbler, Sylvia striata, Nutt. Man. 

 Black-poll Warbler, Sylvia striata, And. Orn Biog. 



Specific Character — Second quill scarcely longer than the 

 first, which is longer than the third ; upper mandible 

 black ; lower dull white, at base, sides and toward the point 

 dusky. Adult male with the upper part of the head black ; 

 sides of the head below the eyes, throat, fore neck, middle portion 

 of the breast, abdomen, lower tail coverts, and a few feathers on the 

 occiput, white ; back bluish ash-gray, streaked with black, as are 

 the sides of the body ; quills and tail feathers dark brown; prima- 

 ries edged with greenish-yellow; secondary coverts and first row of 

 small coverts broadly tipped with white, forming two distinct bands 

 on the wings ; outer three tail feathers with a patch of white on 

 their inner webs near the end, much reduced on the third feather. 

 Female with the head and upper parts dull green, streaked with 

 dusky; cheeks and fore neck yellowish-gray; lower parts dull 

 white, tinged with yellow; wing bands tinged with yellow. Young 

 similar. Length five inches and a quarter, wing three. 



The Black-poll Warbler is the last of its tribe that arrives among 

 us in the spring. This may be owing to its feeding on winged 

 insects, which are not brought into animation, or do not abound 

 in its favorite haunts until invited by the potent influence of the 

 sun. The same cause operating in the Fall, it is about the first 

 to bid farewell, following its insect prey to a warmer climate. It 

 has a single, low, unmusical note. 



SYLVICOLA BLACKBURNIAE— LATHAM. 



BLACKBURNIAN WOOD WARBLER. 



Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniae, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Svlvia Blackburniae, Bonap Syn. 



Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniae, Nutt. Man. 

 Blackburnian Warbler, Sylvia Blackburniae, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Throat, fore neck, bands on the upper part 

 and sides of the head, and the sides of the neck, bright orange-red. 



