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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. 



DENDKOICA TIGRINA. — Baird. 



The Cape-May Warbler. 



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



Sylvia maritima, Wilson. Am. Orn., VI. (1812) 99. Nutt. Man., L (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 species appears to be quite rare in New England, 

 but it probably occurs regularly in the m'igrations. It is 

 said to breed in south-eastern Maine, and it probably does 

 so in the northern sections. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM. — -BatVrf. 



The Yellow Red-poll Warbler. 



Motacilla palmarum, Gmelin. Sj'st. Nat, I. (1788) 951. 

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

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



