DENDROICA. 517 



ture birds with superciliary stripe 

 and lower parts (except under tail- 

 coverts) dull whitish (sometimes 

 slightly tinged with yellow), the 

 chest and sides streaked with gray- 

 ish brown. Length 4.50-5.50, wing 

 2.35-2.65 (2.52), tail 2.05-2.45 (2.24), 

 tarsus .71-.80 (.76). Hab. Interior 

 of North America, north to Great 

 Slave Lake in summer (southern 

 breeding limit unknown) ; migrating 

 south through Mississippi Yalley to 

 Gulf States, Florida, Bahamas, and 

 Greater Antilles; . occasional (or 

 casual) during migrations, east of 



Alleghanies 672. D. palmarum 



(GMEL.). Palm Warbler. 

 f. Larger, and much more brightly colored, 

 with entire lower parts bright yellow 

 in all stages (except nestling plu- 

 mage); upper parts richer or less 

 grayish olive than in true palmarum. 

 Young: Above dull grayish brown 

 and olive, broadly streaked with 

 blackish ; wing - coverts narrowly 

 tipped with light brown; lower 

 parts dull whitish, broadly streaked 

 with dusky, the under tail-coverts 

 gamboge-yellow. Length 4.90-5.75, 

 wing 2.50-2.80 (2.69), tail 2.25-2.55 

 (2.43), tarsus .75-.80 (.79). Nest on 

 ground, in open situations. Eggs 

 .67 X -52, buffy white, speckled on 

 larger end with brown and lilac* 

 . gray. Hab. Atlantic coast of North 

 America, breeding from New Bruns- 

 wick and Nova Scotia to Hudson's 

 Bay; in winter, southward east of 

 Alleghanies to Florida, and thence 

 westward to Louisiana. (Not yet 

 found in Bahamas or other portions 

 of West Indies. 1 ) 672a. D. pal- 

 marum hypochrysea EIDGW. 

 Yellow Palm Warbler. 



