W \V A i:i:i.l ;;;,; 



marked, chiefly at the lur.-. r . M.|. .ii-tm. tlv an. I ..(.-.. ur.!\ with , mnmmon-, 

 or ruf..iw hr"wn, 7J x -68. 



During it> migration- tin-, t.istefully marked Warbler is generally 

 uno. miiion enough t> lx* cmiMdcn-d .-.im-what of a prize, though at 

 irregular intervals it becomes comparatively common. It in said to 

 IK* much rarer in full than in >pnn^, l.nt tho immature Bay-breasts so 

 closely resemble th<* usually abundant young Black-frails that it in 

 sometimes difficult to determine sjieciniens, while living birds could 

 not |iossibly be di*>tingui.-.hed. 



In the summer tin- Hay -breasts inh-ihit tho northern coniferous for- 

 est*, living, it is said, in tin- tree tops. Mr. I*angille writes: "Their 

 song, said to begin like that of tin* Hliirk-jM.il and end like that of the 

 Redstart, bears to my ear no resemblance whatever to either, but in a 

 Tery soft warble, somewhat resembling the syllables te-chee, tst-cher, 

 be-chee, Ut-chtt, tue-chee, but far too liquid to admit of exact spelling." 



661. Dendroica triata t font.). BLACK-POLL WARBLER. (Fig. 

 102,) A<1. 8. Crown l.lui-k : car-coverts white; nape streaked, black and 

 white; back and rump ashy, streaked with black; two white wing-ban; 

 iniii-r vanes or outer tail-feathers with white patches at their tips: under 

 part* whit.-. streaked with black, the streak.-* mst nwncroiis ou the Bidets 

 and wantiii).' i\ tin* m'ulillr <!' tin- t>rfiist iiiul belly. Ad. 9 . Upper parU 

 olive-green, diotinctly ntreaked with black ; \\ \i\^ nn.l tail &n in the <5 ; under 

 parta white, tinned with yellow, the bix-ust und .'nlc> distinctly treake<l with 

 black. Im. Similar to 9 , but the upper parts brighter and nt tli.-tin>-tly 

 ittreakeil, the under parts yellower and not distinctly streaked. L., 5-56; W., 

 2-8; T., 8K)5; B. fn.in N., -80. 



Remark*. No two of our Warblers more closely resemble each other than 

 do immature example* of this and the j.rcccdii :.- There w no diffcr- 



ti.-e in the color of the upper parts, but ca*t<m<>a ha the under parto tinned 

 with ilelieate creani-butr, strongest on the ttankc, while strintu LH distim-tly 

 yellowish below. 



Ra*gt." Ka-tern Ni.rth America to the Rocky Mountains, nortli to Grecn- 

 lnd, the Barren <i rounds, and Alaska, breeding t'rom northern New England 

 northward: south in winter to ni>rtheni South America" (A. O. I'.). 



Washington, abundant T. V., May 1 to Jui. S'nn; 



Sing, common T. V*., May 1 to June 6 ; Aug. 80 to Oct 16. Cambridge, abun- 

 dant T. V., May 18 to < > t. 16. 



*. rootlet.**, et.-.. lined with fine grasses and tendrils, gen- 

 erally in spruce trees, about six feet up. A;/j/*, four to five, white, more 01 

 ICM speckled and spotted, and in-rally heavily l.lotche*! at the buyer < n<) 

 with cinnamon-, olive-, or rul'-'iis I.P.H n, -70 x -M. 



Black-polls are rather more leisurely in their movements than most 

 of their congeners. Adults should U- identified without difficulty. Init 

 the immature birds which are generally abundant in the fall, may oc- 

 casion some trouble. Mr. I^angille describes their song as one of th 



