448 WOOD WARBLERS 



650. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.}. CAPE MAY WARBLER. (Fig. 4.) 

 Ad. d*. Crown black, slightly tipped with greenish; ear-coverts rufous, 

 bounded behind by a large yellow patch on the side of the neck; back olive- 

 green, broadly streaked witrh black; rump yellow or greenish yellow; a large 

 white patch on the wing-coverts; outer tail-feathers with a large white patch 

 on their inner webs, near the tip; underparts yellow, heavily streaked with 

 black; lower belly and under tail-coverts whitish. Ad. 9. Upperparts 

 grayish olive-green; crown with more or less concealed black; rump yellowish; 

 a yellow line over the eye; middle wing-coverts with narrow white tips; 

 outer tail-feathers with a white patch on their inner webs near the tip; 

 underparts yellow, streaked with black; belly and under tail-coverts whiter. 

 Im. d*. Resembles the 9, but the wing-coverts have more white. Im. 9. 

 Similar to ad. 9, but with little or no yellow on the underparts; upperparts 

 duller, and more uniform in color. L., 5'00; W., 2'61; T., 1'88; B. from N., 

 30. 



Range. E. N. Am. Breeds in Canadian zone from s. Mackenzie, n. 

 Ont., N. B., and N. S. s. to Man., n. Maine, and N. H., and in Jamaica (?); 

 winters in the Bahamas and the West Indies to Tobago. 



Washington, sometimes very common, usually uncommon T. V., May 1- 

 20; Aug. 4-Oct. 17. Ossining, tolerably common T. V., Aug. 20-Oct. 1. 

 Cambridge, rare T. V., May 15-25; Aug. 25. N. Ohio, not common T. V., 

 May 4-18. Glen Ellyn, irregular T. V., Apl. 30-May 21; Sept. 8-15. SE. 

 Minn., common T. V., May 8. 



Nest, partially pensile, of twigs and grass fastened with spiders' webbing, 

 lined with horsehair, on a low branch of a small tree in pasture or open 

 woodland. Eggs, 3-4, dull white or buffy, slightly speckled, and wreathed 

 around the larger end with spots of brown and lilac, *70 x '50 (Chamberlain). 

 Date, St. John's, N. B., June 16. 



During its migrations this generally rare Warbler may be found 

 associated with its wood-inhabiting congeners and it also frequents the 

 coniferous trees of our lawns. In the summer it haunts the higher 

 branches of coniferous trees. Gerald Thayer (in " Warblers of North 

 America") writes of its song: "The whole utterance, in tone phrasing and 

 accentuation, strongly suggests the Black and White Warbler's shorter 

 song. . . . On the other hand, the Cape May's singing is near akin 

 to the Blackpoll's." 



652. Dendroica sestiva aestiva (Gmel.). YELLOW WARBLER. Ad. <?. 

 Upperparts bright greenish yellow, brighter on the crown; wings edged with 

 yellow; tail fuscous, the inner vanes of the feathers yellow; underparts bright 

 yellow, streaked with rufous. Ad. 9 . Upperparts uniform yellowish olive- 

 green; tail as in the d"; wings fuscous, edged with yellow; underparts bright 

 yellow, slightly, if at all, streaked with rufous on the breast and sides. Im. d" . 

 - Similar to the 9. Im. 9. Upperparts light olive-green; tail fuscous, the 

 inner margins of the inner vanes of the tail-feathers yellow; uriderparts uni- 

 form dusky yellowish. L., 5'10; W., 2'40; T., 1'89; B. from N., '33. 



Remarks. In any plumage this bird may be known by the yellow on the 

 inner vanes of the tail-feathers. 



Range. N. A. Breeds from Hudsonian through Upper Austral zone in 

 N. A. e. of Alaska and Pacific slope from tree limit s. to Nev., n. N. M., s. 

 Mo., and n. S. C.; winters from Yucatan to Guiana, Brazil, and Peru. 



Washington, common S. R., abundant T. V., Apl. 4-Sept. 28. Ossining, 

 common S. R., Apl. 30-Sept. 27. Cambridge, abundant S. R., May 1-Sept. 

 15. N. Ohio, abundant S. R., Apl. 14-Sept. 10. Glen Ellyn, not very com- 

 mon S. R., Apl. 30-Sept. 6. SE. Minn., common S. R., Apl. 28-Sept. 10. 



Nest, of fine grasses and hempen fibers, with a conspicuous amount of 

 plant-down, lined with plant-down, fine grasses, and sometimes long hairs, in 

 the shrubs or trees of lawns or orchards, about water, etc. Eggs, 4-5, bluish 



