268 CHARACTERS OF DENDRCECA CCERULEA 



Dendroica ecerulca, Henry, Pr. Phila. Acad. xi. 1859, 106. Verr. Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862, 156. 

 Turrib. B. E. Pa. 1869, 25; Phila. ed. IS.Hensh. Rep. Orn. Specs. 1874, 58 (Denver, Colo.). 



Dendrceca coerulea, Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. vii. 1861, 322 (New Granada). Mcllwr. Pr. Ess. 

 Inst.v. 1866,86 (Hamilton, C. W.). Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii. 1868, 110. Lawr. Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y. ix. 1869, 200. Coues, BNW. 1874, 56, 233. Jouy, Field and Forest, iii. n. 3, 

 Sept. 1877, 51 (Washington, D. C.). 



Sylvia rara, Wils. iii. 181 1,1 19, pi. 27, f. 2. Steph. Gen. ZooLx. 1817, 657. F. Ency. Metli. ii. 

 1823, 448. Bp, Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, 197. Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 

 82. Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 393. And. OB. i. 1832, 258, pi. 49. Brew. Journ. Bost. Soc. 

 i. 1837, 436 (Massachusetts wrong). 



Phyllopneuste rara, Boie, Isis, 1828, 321. 



Vermivora rara, Jard. " ed. "Wils. 1832". 



Mniotilta rara, Gray, G. of B. L 1848, 196. 



Sylvia azurea, Steph. Shaw's GZ. x. 1817, 653. Bp. Am. Orn. ii. 1828, 27, pi. 11, f.2. Bp. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 85. Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 407. Aud. OB. i. 1832, 255, pi. 48. 

 Towns. Journ. Phila. Acad. viii. 1839, 133 (Oregon ? !). 



Hypotbimis azurea, Boie, Isis, 1828, 318. 



Sylvia bifasclata, Say, Long's Exp. R. Mts. i. 1823, 170. 



Sylvia populorum, V. Ency. Meth. ii. 1823, 449, n. 104. (After Wilson.) 



Fauvette be>ylle, V. Ency. M6th. ii. 1823, 448. 



Fauvette des Peupliers, V. Ency. Meth. ii. 1823, 449. 



Fauvette bleuatre, Le Moine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 192. 



Cterulean, Cerulean, or Cerulean Warbler or Wood-Warbler, Azure Warbler, Blue- 

 green Warbler, White-throated Blue Warbler, Authors. 

 [NOTE. Ocerulea and caenilea are not distinguished ; neither are ccerulea and coerulea. 



Note that the " Caerulean Warbler " (Motacilla or Sylvia c.) of authors before Wilson is 



Polioptila, not Dendrceca. See p. 101.] 



HAB. Eastern North America to the Rocky Mountains in the latitude of 

 Colorado, and to the Lower Missouri. Rare in the Atlantic States ; authen- 

 tic as a bird of New England (Connecticut, Linsley, Am. Journ. Sci. xliv. 

 1843, ; Purdie, Merriam, II. ss. cc.). Canada West (Mcllwraith). Cuba 

 (Gundlach) ; no other West Indian record. In winter, Central and portions 

 of South America. No Mexican record. 



CH. SP. $ Ccerulea, dorso media nigro striato ; infra alba, 

 pectore lateribusque fusco-cceruleo striatis, strigd superciliari alba, 

 alis albo bifasciatis, rectricibus later alibus albo notatis. 9 vires- 

 cens, infra sordide flavo-albida, alis cauddque sicut in mare. 



$ , adult : Entire upper parts sky-blue, the middle of the back streaked 

 with black ; the crown usually richer and also with dark markings. Below 

 pure white, streaked across the breast and along the sides with dusky blue 

 the breast-streaks inclining to form a short bar, sometimes interrupted in 

 the middle. Auriculars dusky ; edges of eyelids and superciliary line white. 

 Wings blackish, much edged externally with the color of the back, the inner 

 webs of all the quills, the outer webs of the inner secondaries, and two broad 

 bars across the tips of the greater and median coverts, white. Tail black, 

 with much exterior edging of the color of the back, all the feathers, except 

 the middle pair, with small, white, subterminal tpots on the inner webs. 

 Length, 4-4 ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2 or less. 



$ , adult : Quite different. Upper parts dull greenish, with more or less 

 grayish-blue shade, the greenish brightest and purest on the crown. Eye- 

 lids, line over eye, and entire under parts whitish, more or less strongly over- 

 cast with dull greenish-yellow. Wings and tail dusky, the exterior edgings 

 of the color of the back; the bars, spots, and interior edgings white, as in 



