238 NORTH AMKHICAX IlIRDS. 



Sp, Ciiah. rppcr |iarts lU'iiily uiiiHniii lilin'k-, witli u wljitisli scapular stiipc ami n laifri! 

 wliitu i)atc'U ill tlio iiiiddlo of tlic \viiii.'-coV(M'ls. An oliloiif; paluli in liic iiiidilU' of tlit' 

 (i-owii, anil the i-iiliiT siil'' <>l' llii' lii/ad ami iicciv (iiiciiidiiii; a .siipcrciliaiy stript- lioin tlic 

 iKKstrils), till' L'liiti, tliroal, and liiicpait nl' tlie luvast, lirijriit ovaiifrc-ri'd. A liiiick stripo 

 Crdin llic coininissuri.' passinir amiind tiic lnwcr liail'dfthc eye, and inclndiiif; liic I'ar-i'DVcrts; 

 wilii, liowcvcr, an (pranj.'t' iit's<'cnl in it, jnst ladow ihc cvf, tlio cxticnii' lid licinj; lihwik. 

 Ui'st of inidi'i' parts wliite, strciiifrly tiii^'fd witii yi'llowisli-oraiif.'-c on tlic liiuast and liuily, 

 and slivaki'd witli black on I hi' sides. Oiitur tlircc tail-t'catlicrs wliilc, tlic slialls and tijif 

 dark liidWii ; tlio I'onrlli and lil'lli spotted nineli willi wliite ; llie oilier lail-featliei's and 

 (|iiills almost lilaek. J-'iiKtilf similar; the colors dniler; the leathers ol' the upper parts 

 with olivaceous cdfTcs. Len^'tli, ").")(• ; wiiiir, 2.8.'J ; tail, '2.2ij. 



ll.vu. Eastern Province ol' United States; Eastern Mexico, and south to Uogota and 

 Ecuador; Uuhuuius alone ol' West Indies with certainty. 



Atituiiiiml males resenilile tlic feinalos. They have two wliite bands in- 

 stead ol' one ; tlie black stiijies on tlie sides are lai'oer ; under parts yellowish ; 

 tlie throat yellowisli, imssing into purer yellow behind. 



Autumnal young liirds have the same jiatteni of coloration, but the dark 

 portions are ihill orayish-uiiilier, with the streaks very obsolete, and the light 

 parts dull buHy-wIiite, tinged with yellow on the jugidum ; there is neither 

 clear black, brigiit yellow, nor jiure white on the plumage, except the latter 

 on the wing-bands and tail-patches. 



Habits. This soniewluit rare and very beautiful Warbler requires addi- 

 tional investigation into its habits before its history can be regarded as satis- 

 fiictorily known. Save in reference to its wider distribution during its south- 

 ern migrations, little more is known as to its habits than where Audubon 

 left its history nearly thirty years since. The Smithsonian collection has 

 specimens from Pennsylvania, t)hio, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, and from 

 Central America. Mr. Sclater has received specimens from Mexico, and i'roni 

 Ecuador in South America. Other writers mention iiaving s[ieciniens from 

 Guiana, ^lartinitpie, and ranaina, and Dr. Ihyant loiiiul it in the JJahamas. 

 It is thus known to have a wide distribution from the Atlantic to the Mis- 

 sissip[ti Itiver, as far to tlie north probably as Labrador. Its area of repro- 

 duction is not known with exactness, but the .southern limit is supposed to 

 be the high wooded districts of Pennsylvania, New York, iind New England. 

 A young bird was taken by HolbiiU, October 10, 1845, at Frederikshaal;, 

 Greenland. In 1837 an egg was sent me from Covciiitry, Vt, which pur- 

 ported to belong to this bird ; iind in the following stiiiinier its nest and eggs 

 were procured in a wilil, .secluded ])art of Itoxbury, Mass. In neither case 

 was the identification entirely free from doubt. 



Dr. Pachman states that when a resident of Lansingburg, N. Y., in 1833, 

 he saw a pair of these biuls in the iict of constructing their nest. j\Ir. Allen 

 has no doubt that a few breed in the vicinity of Springfield, ^lass., as he has 

 obtained them as late as June 24. He found it most coinmou in mixed or 

 hard-wood forests. It arrives about the middle of May. Professor Verrill 

 gi\es it as a summer resident of Western Maine, though rarely seen on 



