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Dendroica palmarum, Wwud. 



YELLOW BED-FOLL WABBLEB, 



Motncilhi luiliixinnii, Omki.. Syst. N :t. I, 17SS, !)')! (liiiwd on Piilm Wiirblcr, Latham, Syn. 

 II, I'. I!IH, no. l;n, St. Poiiiiiigip). Siilvic //. Lath. ; ViKli.i.or, II, jii. l.xxiii. — I5(in. ; 

 D'Ollli. Sarin's ('nl)n s. 1S4(), l!l, \<\. v.ii. Ni/h-iivla /). .SAI.l.^^ I'. Z. S. 1857, -261 

 (St. l)oniiti},'(i). /)n,„. i,;i ji. HAiiti), ItiiiLs N. Am. ISSH, 288; Rev. 2(17. — Sci.ATKli, 

 Catal. 18til, :i;i, no. l!i!». —In. 1'. Z. S. ISlil, 71 (.laniaica ; Ajnil). - Hiiyant, I'r. 

 Host.Soc. VII, l.S;V.nI!aliama.s). — In. 1S(;7, !•! (llaytiK I(i;i;wKi!, I'r. Host. Soc. 1S(>7, 

 139. — (IrNiPi.Acil, Cat), .loiii'. 181)1, ;(•-'(! (('ul)a; very coinnion). — Samik.i.s, -JK). 

 Si/h-ia jiiltr/u'ii, Wii.s. VI, pi. xxviii, li};. 4. — Ijon. ; Nnr. ; Ari). Orn. Bioj;. II, 

 pi. dxiii, il.xiv. Siilcii-ola 2)dcchi(t, SWAlss. ; Afl). Birds Am. II, |)1. xc. Si/lvicola 

 nijifii)>ilhi, Hon-. Jl/uiniiiijihi(.i riif. ('All. .Four. Ill, 18.')"), 47;) (('ul)a ; winter). 



Sn. CllAR. Ailitll ill .ijin'iig. Head aUovc clu'stinil-roil : rest oi' u]>por parts brownish 

 olivc-jrray ; tin- rcatlicrs witli darker ocntrcs, the color brijihtLMiiiii^ on llu; rump, iipiicr 

 tail-covcrts, and oiitor niarjrins of wing and tail-foatlierK, to grconisli-yi'llow. A .stroak from 

 lio.strils over the cyi', and nndcr parl.-J fjoncially, inclndin}; the tail-covcrts, hriglit yellow ; 

 paler on the hody. \ maxillary iini'; hreast and sides linely hnt rather olisoletely streaked 

 witli rcddish-hrown. Chci'ks hrownisii (in highest spring plninage chestnut like the he.id) ; 

 the eyelids and a spot under I lie cyi" olive-brown. Lores dusky. A white spot on the 

 inner wel) of the outer two tail-leathers, at the end. Length, f) inches; wing, 2.4'2 ; tail, 

 2.'2"). Sexes nearly alike 



Autumnal males are more reddish abovi? ; under part.s tinged witli brown, the a.xillars 

 yellow. 



Hah. Eastern Province of North America to Fort Simpson and rindson'.s Bay ; Ba- 

 hamas, Jamaica, Cuba, and 8t. Uomingo in winter. Not noted from Mexico or Central 

 America. 



This species vaiios coiisidoralily in (liflVroiit stapjcs, Init can generally he 

 recognized. Innnaturc .siicciiuens resemble those of J\ ti(/n'iia, but differ in 

 the chestnut crown, browner back, loss brioht rump, brighter yellow of under 

 tail-coverts, smidler lilotcbes on tiiil, no wliite bands on the wings, etc., as 

 well as in the shape of tlie bill. 



Habits. The lied-PoU Warbler belongs, in its geographical distribution, 

 to that large cla.ss of birds wliich visit higli northern Itititudes to breed, pass- 

 ing back and fortli over a witle extent of territory, from tlie West India 

 Lslands to the extreme northern ])ortions of the continent. Specimens have 

 betiii procured from ("uba, .Tamaica, St. Domingo, and the Bahamas, in fall, 

 winter, .and spring, where, at such times, tlicy seem to be generally (piite 

 common. It has not been oliserved in ]\Iexico or in Central or Soutli 

 America. It has been met with on the western shore of Lake Michigan, 

 but nowhere farther to the west. It luis been found in the I!ed Iii\er Settle- 

 ment, Fort George, Fort Simpson, tind Fort Ilesolution, in the Hudson IJay 

 Territory. It is not known, so far as I tun tiware, to breed south of Itititude 

 44°. Wilson and Nuttall both sttite that this bird remains in Pennsylvania 

 through the summer, but they were probably misinformed ; at least, there 

 is no recent evidence to this effect. Wilson also states that he sliot speci- 

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