DESCRIPTION. 201 



with white from middle of breast to tail, outer tail- 

 feathers and base of quills in wings spotted with 

 white. Adult female : Above, plain dull-olive, 

 tinged with blue ; below, plain pale greenish-buff. 

 Young : Above, dull-brown, superciliary stripe of 

 dull yellowish-white, sides of head in male blackish, 

 and dull grayish-brown in female ; below, yellow- 

 ish-white, tinged with brownish ; white on wings 

 and tail more restricted in females and young. 



212. Myrtle Warbler. 



Length about 5J inches, tail about 2| inches 

 long. Adult male : Crown, rump and sides of 

 breast with a yellow patch ; back, bluish-gray, 

 streaked with black ; wing with two white bands ; 

 blackish on sides of head, and with white streaks ; 

 below white, chest and sides streaked with black, 

 sometimes more or less confluent. Adult fomale: 

 General appearance similar to male, but markings 

 and yellow patches indistinct, upper and lower 

 yarts washed with umber-brown. Young : Yellow 

 only on rump sometimes ; plumage streaked with 

 dusky and grayish- white. 



213. Magnolia Warbler. 



Length about 4J inches, tail about 2 inches long. 

 Adidt male : Top of head bluish-gray, with lighter 

 border ; lores and ear-coverts black ; back black or 

 mixed with yellowish olive-green ; wings black, 



