SVLVlCOLUhK — THE WAIUJLKHS. 24;J 



ik'scrihed liy Audulion. TIic ct^'Lt is piiro crystal-white, olilniijj; and jiointoil, 

 and marked willi pui'iile and ln'uwii. 



Mr. lJidjj;\vay iiddniis mc tluu in Suiitliern Illinnis, at h-ast in tlie valley 

 of the Ixjwer Wabasli, the Yellow-throated Warbler may lie .said to lie at least 

 11 regular, though not eouinion, .sununer .sojourner. Though it inhalnts eluelly 

 the swampy ])ortions of the liottoni-lands, it makes IVe(|nent visits to the or- 

 chards and door-yards, less often, howt-vrr, in the breeding than in the nu- 

 grating season. In its mamu'rs it is almost as much of a Creeper as the 

 Mniiitiltti nirlii, being freipicntly seen ereepinu- not only along the branches 

 u'i trees, but over the eaves and cornices of lauldings, with all the facility 

 of a Nuthatch. 



Kggs .sn])posed to be of this sjiccies, taken near Wihnington, N. ('., by 

 Mr. Norwood (!iles (1(1.1 it'.l, Smith. < 'oil. i, have a uround-color of dull ashy- 

 white, with a livid tinge. They are thiikly speckled, chiefly around the 

 laiger end, Mith irregular markings of ridbns, and fainter ones of lilac in- 

 terspersed with a very few miimte specks of black. They are broadly ovate 

 in form, and measure .T" by .-").■") of an iucli. 



Dendroica gracise, ('nii> 



ABIZOKA WABBLER, 



Lfiii/rdini (jravia: (Voyv.s), HAMiii, lii'V. Am. liinls, 1, .\|iiil, ISti'i ; \<. 21ii. — Kl.I.InT, Illnst. 

 liinl.s X. Am. 1, vi. — ('noi'i.i!. Urn. Ciii. 1, IbTu, .'itW (Aiiiiomli.x). 



Si'. CiiAii. Aihili iiikIi- I Xc). 4(i.(iS0, .M:iy I. ISd."), Dr. !•;. ('(nies). WIidIc iipper parts, 

 iiicliiiliiiLi' I'lU-cdvcT'ts 1111(1 siilfs of iii'rk, :i-.|i-L;r;iy ; small ciinrali' sircaks 'er the crown. 

 coalcsciMl lali'i'ally iiili) a luciail sliipi' niicacli side, with laijjcr cmicate streaks on tlieinlcr- 

 .>i('apnlar rcLiion, anil ini'onspieiiniis linear sli'i'aks on upper tail-eovei'ls. lilai-k. Two eon- 

 spicuon.i wliile liamls acr<i>s ilie wiiii;. Innneil liy ilic lips orniiilille ami secomlary coveiMs; 

 swoniiarii's passing.;- eNlernally inln liulil a-li. Laleral lail-li'allier enliidy w''in'. exci'pt 

 about, tlie liasal lli'iil ol' ihe iniK'r wcii dhe dusky rnnninj.' .some ilislanc'e louard llie end 

 aloiijr llie edj.'e), and a liroad streak eoveriliu' ino.st ol'tlie terminal I'onrlli o|' the outer Well, 

 which are ele.-ir dusky ; the next leather has the outer weh exactly the same, hut almost 

 the hasal hall' ol' tin' inner is dusky : on llie next llii' while is (■(inHiied to mi ohloiiL' spot (not 

 tonehiiii;- the inner edi;-e) on ahnul Ihe terminal third, while the outer wet) is only e(|ire<l 

 with while; the rest have no while at all. .V siipereiliary stripe exiendini.' aliout .'JO of 

 an iiiih hehind the eye (that portion liehind tlu' cyr wlelei, ihe lower eyelid, maxilla', 

 chin, throat, and jiejiilinii pure i;aiiihoi;e-yellow. Kest of lower parts, iiielndini;' linini;' of 

 winy, pure while ; ihe sides eoiispienoiisly .streaked with hiaek ; lores, and a i'vw olisolete 

 streaks aloii},' the Jnnetion of the ash and yllow, chisky. Wintr, '_'.(iU ; tail, 'J. "JO : liill (from 

 nostril), ..'tO; tarsus. .(ID. .\ihill /fimih- ( lO.tiS."), .\[ay '.'I). Similar to the male, imt colors 

 iliillcr, and markiiiL's less sharply delined. Wiuj:. 2.4."i ; tail. 'J.nit. Yoinitj {M\,'.W1. Aii'.'iist 

 II). .VIiDVe lirowiiish-f.''ray iril/mn/ slrcnl.-s. lii'iiealii ochraciMius-white, ohsolelely streaked 

 aloiii; the sides. Yellow superciliary stripi' not well deHned, ami only a tiiifre of yellow 

 on ihe ju^'uhun, llie throat heiiii; ,1,'ray ish-« hile. Wines and tail nearly as in llii' adult. 

 The youii}.' ill ailtui.nial plimiaee is similar, lull llii' yelluw oecupies its usual area; it is, 

 however, miien duller, as well as liirhler, than in the adult, 



Hah. foil Whipple, near I'rescotl. Arizona. Iteli/.e. Ilrilish llondinas (var, ihrnrti). 



