^48 NOKTII AMERrCA.V JJIRDS. 



situaticms cliosen for tl... nests .lu n..t .lillbr nwtterially Iro.n tlu,.se usually 



Tl.o cp .,i' ti.is Warbku' uro uf an obloun-oval sj.ap,., l,a^■o a ground-color 

 01 a nd, cu-eaniy-white, an.l arc beautifully s],ott...l, cl.ioly about the Lu-vr 

 eiul, with two slnulos of purplo and purpHsh-brown. Tbey n.eusure .tiol,y 

 Ax) ol an inch. " •' 



Dendroica striata, lUiiiD. 



BLACK-POLL WARBLEB. 



Muscicopa slrirUa, FonsTKK, Pl.il. T,a„s. I,X 1 1. ;)8a, 428. M,„u-U,„ ... G>Ma,x .S>,ln„ s 

 ..KVK, Av. r.„„, ,«,„, ,:, s,„n,;,„ ... Sw.v,xs,.n ; Box. f A,.;..' Hi,.,,. A II , 



.lour. II , 4<a (C,,!,,,). A,,,/,,,/,.,, ,s, |!.v,„„, iJi,,,, x. _\„^ jj,_.j,_ ^,^„ . ,.^,^, ^^^ _ 

 ;.n.:s. Ir. A. X So. 1801, 2,,, (,,„|„.„,,^,. „„,,t )._„,„„,. ^'al,. .bur. iMil, 320 



I.AMii;|.,(K, W icf-maiiii s Aivliiv, 18IU, I'.G (Chik.). 

 dtliiT localities (iiiotcd : iy,W,/ SciAlTii 1' Z S 18-.-. , ,., „, ,, 



l'.ost.So,.. Vli, ls;J!,. ' • ^'*"'"' "■'■ ^^"^"""'"' ""^■-^^■'■' '"'•■ 



Sr. ("HAH. J/,,/.. Crow,,, „,„.,.. a„,l „pp..,- half of tl,.- l„.a,l blark : .1,.. |,nv,.,- l.„lf i„- 



d„,„,, tl,.. ,-a,-..ov..,.ts, whiu, ,1,.. s..,,a,a,i„g li„.. passi,,. ,i„.o„.l, ,|,.. „„.l,llo of tho Vv. 



est o, „,,,„., ,,,,,s g,.ay,sl.-asi,, ,i„...,l with h.-ow,,. a,„l ,.o„spi,.„o„sly s„oako.l with hiai.k. 



\ n„ a,„i ta,l- U.a.l„.,-.s l„.ow„, clg,.,! oxt,.n,ally (,.x,...p, tl„. i,,,,.,' tail-r,.all„.,..s, with ,1„11 



. .vo-.-,.,.,.,,. Iwo ..o„..p„.„o„.. l,a,..« „Cwl,it,. o„ ,1„. wi„,.-..ov.Mts, tl,o t..,-tials ...l-.o.) with 



;;,""";■; ' ;' ■'■ •""•''^ "■';'"■■ "•■"' ■' ■'-"• '>' • -i' ^I'l." ..r ti„. th.-oat ho„, ,1,0 d,i„ 



< . .M.K.S o ,1,.. n.vk wi,m. ,1 ,„„s i„,o u ..lo,... pa„,.|, oC Made st.vaks cu„tl„„...i alon. 

 the. Moas, a,„I s„l..s ,o the root of tho tail. ()„„.,. ,wo rail-H.a(l,c.,-s with a„ ol,li,,,„. patch 



"" ""; '; '■;■"' -• "'•• •■'"•; 'i- """•- '"i^'-i n,.,.,„aii,- wi.h wi,i„.. /.;. /,' ,1,;,,,, 



cN.-op that the „pp,.,- pa,ts a,v olivar-.o,,.., a„,l, ,.v.. , ,|,.. now,,, sli-cakcl with black • 



tl.c M-]„tc o., ,l„.«,dcs a,„l ac,.o.«.s the l„-ea..t ti„,..c,l with yellowish ; a ,•!,„. of the ,.a„,e' 



ronn.lthe..yee„t by a ,]„sky line tl„-o„^h it. h,.„^,l, of ,„ale. o.To ; wi„^. ;!.,).,; tail 2 '^o 



lAH. hasten, P,„vi„ee of all .\o,-,|, .\„,..,.i,.„ ,„ Aiclic ()cea„ ; Alaska; r,ree,;ia„.l • 



"I-, M, w„„e,- (,.a,e)i Iiaha„,as; lio.ota. Chile ^ Xot reoonled .ro.a intenn,.,l,atJ 



I" "■iiill U'S. 



Th.' autumnal diuss of youn- birds is vory difrerent from that of sprin-^ 

 lhu.ipiH.rpait.saiv lio-ht oliv,.-oT,.,,„, ohsoldclv streaked with brown- be- 

 neath -reenish -yellow, obsoleleiy stn.iiked on the lavast at.d sid.'s the u'n.h.p 

 tad-..overts pure white, a yell.wish ring round the eve, and a supereiliaiy 

 ••ne ol the .same color. In this .In-ss it is .scarcely po.s.sible to di.stin..uis]i it 

 »'•""» the ■mmatuiv I), ra.shnuv. The diflerences, as hir as tangible, will be 

 haind dctiuled iind(.r the head of the latt(.r spc.ie.s. 



Tlie young bird in its first .Iress is also ,|Mite dilferent, again, from the 

 ""•t'n.inal-phnnage,] bir.ls, Th,. upper parts are hoary-grayish, the lower 

 v.liile ; each leather of the whoh- body, e.x,.ept low,.r tail-coverts, with a ter- 

 minal bar or trausver.se .spot of blacki.sh, those on the upper parts approtich- 



