240 ORNITHOLOGY AND OOLOGY. 



almost alwavs in or near clearings or vounor orrowth. I iudo^e 

 that thev 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 

 Xew England. 



DENDEOICA TIGEINA. — Baird. 



Tlie Cape-May Warbler. 



MotaciUa tigrina, Gmelia. Syst. Xat., L (1788) 985. 



Sylvia m/iridma, "SVilsou. Am. Cm., YL (1812) 99. Nutt. Man., L (1832) 156. 

 And. Cm. Biog., V. (1839) 156. 



PESCErpnox. 



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 imder 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 vellow 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-yeUow ; 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; Ting, two and eighty-four 

 '>ne-himdredths ; tail, two and fifteen one-hundredths inches. 



This species appears to l)e quite rare in Xew England, 

 but it probably occurs regularly in the migrations. It is 

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

 so in the northern sections. 



DENDEOICA PALMAEUM. — Baird. 



The Yellow Eed-poll Warbler. 



Motndlla pahnarum, Gmelin. Syst. Nat, \. (1788) 951. 



Syicia petechia, Wilson. Am. Om., VI. (1812) 19. Nutt. Man., L (1832) 3M. 

 And. Om. Biog., II. (1834; 259, 360. 



