SYLVICOLID.'E — THE WARBLERS. oiQ 



Sericn III. 



9. D. coronata. A yellow patcli on each side of the breast; above 

 ashy sti-cakcd with black ; l)elly white. $. Breast more or less ..k ; 

 upper parts ash with a bluish tinge. ? . JSreast only streaked with biaek ; 

 ash ofiip[)cr part grayish or brownisii. 



Tiiroat white; a white superciliary streak; two white bands on 

 wing. Huh. Eastern Province of North Anierii'a, north to Alaska 

 and Greenland; in winter south to Panama and West Indies (resi- 

 dent in Jamaica!) X!iy. coronata. 



Throat yellow; no wiiite superciliary streak; one white patch 

 formed by the fusion of the two l)ands on the wing. Hab. Western 

 Provincte of North Amoiica from British Columbia, .«outh to Cape 

 St. Lucas and Jalisco, Western Mexico ; east to Uocky ilountains. 



var. a m d u b o it i . 

 Serien IV. 



10. D. maculosa. Whole lower parts liright yellow ; black streaks 

 across breast and along sides; crown ash; lores, amiculars, and back 

 black. 9 scarcely dillercnt. Ilab. Eastern Province of North Amer- 

 ica, from Fort Simpson to Panama ; Cuba and Bahamas. 



f>erieH V. 



A. Above ashy-blue, or .soft bluish-green. 



11. D. caerulea. Lo\\cr parts pun^ white or greenish-white; with or 

 without a narrow band across the breast; above line ashy-blue, or soil 

 bluish-green; if blue (^), the back and crown streaked with black; 

 if green (9 and >i'.), these streaks obsolete. Hub. Eastern Province 

 of United States (rare northwar.l except in Mississippi Valley), south to 

 Bogota in winter ; Cuba. 



B. Al)ove not asiiy-bhie noi- l)luish-green, but streaked with black upon an 

 ashy greeuish-dlive or yellowish ground, or else bright olive-green. 



a. Sides more or less rufous, and without black or dusky streaks on under 

 surfa(,'e|. 



12. D. penndylvanica'. * <?. Crown pure yellow;' throat and auriculars 

 pure white ; ^ a,l. similar, but crown greenish, and more or less streaked. 

 Jiir. Above bright olive-green, nearly grass-green, without .ifreaks except 

 on the back; side of heail, and sides, clear ashy, the latter with or without 

 a trace of chestnut; eyelids and medial lower parts pine while, //ab. 

 Eastern Province of I'nited States, south to Panama; Bahamas. 



13. D. oastanea. ^. Crown reddish-chestnut ; throat and sides rufous ; 

 auri<'ulars black. 9 similar, but crown thickly streaked, sometimes with- 

 out a trace of rufous ; Jugulum and throat only tinged with rufous. Jkv. 

 Above greenish-olive, streaks obsolete ; beneath, hicliuliiiy lower lail- 

 rovrrfs, pale green ish-bn If, or whitish-bnH; and without any trace of 

 streaks on the sides (<listinction from 9 of D. .itriatn) the sides usually 

 with a tinge of chestnut. I/ab. Eastern Province of North America, 

 from Hudson's Bay Territory to Xcw Cnanada. 



b. Sides without any rulbus, and with black or dusky streaks. 



Medial lower parts not streaked ; inner w,-b.i of tail-feathers with broad 



pateh of white, 



14. D. striata. ^. Crown deep bku'k ; auriculars and lower parts 

 white; throat with two series of black streaks, converging and forinin" 

 an angle on the chin. Above ashy streaked with black. 9 similar^ 



