SYLVICULID.K — THE WAU15LEK8. 



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slinjhtly more pointed than the otlier. They measnre .62 of an incli in 

 len^tli and .411 in breadth. Tlieir yround-color is a li^iit ashen hne, or a 

 dull wliite, anil tiiis is more or less si)rinUled witii tine dots and blotciies 

 of a lij^ht l)r()\vn. I'or the most part these are grouped in a ring about 

 the larger end. 



Mr. Ii. Deane, of ('ambridgc, found this l)ird breeding near Lake I'mba- 

 gog. Its nest was in tiie lork of a low spruce about three feet from the 

 ground. The nest contained four eggs, and was made of dry gras.ses, spruce 

 twig.s, and rootlets. Tt was lined witli tine black roots, being a rather coarse 

 structure for a Warbler. Tlie eggs were nearly spherical, averaging .62 by 

 .51 of an inch. Their ground-color was a creamy-white, sparsely marked 

 with a few large blotciies of lilac and umber. 



Dendroica cserulea, R.vinn. 



CSBULEAN WABBLEB; WHITE-THBOATED BLUE WABBLEB. 



Sylvia cm-ithu, Wii.s. Am. C\\\\. II, 1810, 141, i.l. .xvii, tij?. .">. Siih-kohi c. Swaixs. ; ,T.\i!n. ; 



Uiuii. ; Hon. ; .Vri>. Oiii. liioj;. 1, [il. .\li.K ^ Xrrr. Demlmka c. Bamid, Hiids N. Am. 



1858, 280 ; IWv. 191. — GuxDi,. Call. Jour. 18til, 32(5 ^('uba ; very rare). — .Sa.mitei.s, 



57!l. Sylvia vmv, Wo.stiN, II, pi. x.vvii, lig. 2. — HiiN. ; All). Orii. IJioi;. I, [il. .\lix. 



Salvia (tMrai, Stkimi. .Sliaw, Zuiil. X, 1817. — Box. .Vm. 0\i\. II, 1828, pi. .\xvii (9). 



— All). Oni. Bioi;. I, |il. xlviii, xlix : Nrrr. Sylvia bifuxclala. Say, Long'.s Exped. 



I, 182:!, 170. Sylvia itaj)iilta-ai,i, ViKii.i,. Kiicye. Jleth. II, 1823, 449 (from Wilson). 

 Otlier loi'iilities : Jlarinfa, Sllatkk, 1'. Z. S. 1857, 18. Panama It. 11., Lawhknck, Aim. 



N. Y. Lye. 18til, 322. Yucalan, Lawu. Vcratjua, Sai,v. 



Sp. Ciiah. Mnlo. Above briglit blue, <larkost on tlie ciowu, tinged with ash on the 

 rniiip; middle of back, seapnhnv, upper tail-eoverts, an<l side.s oftliu crown, streaked with 

 black. Beneath whit<" ; a (;i)ilai' across the brea.st, and .streaks on the sides, dusky-blue. 

 Lores, and a K .e throiijih and behind the eye (where it is bordered above by whiti.sh), 

 dusky-bliie; paler on the cheeks. Two white bands on the wing,s. All the tail-leathers 

 except the iinicrniost with a white patch on the inner weli near the end. Female, green- 

 ish-blue above, brightest on the crown ; beneath white, tinged with greenish-yellow, and 

 obsoletely streaked on the sides ; eyelids and a superciliary line greenish-white. Length, 

 4.25; wing, 2.0."); tail, !.!)(». 



ILvii. Eastern I'nitcd Stales, north to Xiagara Falls; Cuba (very rare); Guatemala; 

 Veragua, Panama, and Bogota. Not recorded Ironi Mexico (except Yucatan), or West 

 Indies (except Cuba), 



Tiie autumnal adult idumage of both .sexes is, in every re.spect, exactly 

 like the spring dress. Young males in Lite summer are very similar to adult 

 females, but are purer white l)elow, and less uniform greenish-blue al)ove, the 

 dark stri]»es on sides of the crown and bhick centres to scapulars being (piite 

 conspicuous ; the young fismale, at the same season, is similar in pattern to 

 the adidt, but is dull green above, witliout any tinge of blue, and light bully- 

 yellow below. 



Tiiere is considerable variation in adult males, especially in the width of 



