WOOD WARBLERS. 



350 



AUBLER. 



's of the 



buck 



anes of 



rl holly 



itli ficn- 



wliite; 



brifjlit 



s in tlio 



flunks. 



marked, diicfly ut tlio lur;r<'r «'iul, (li^tUu'tlj- uml olwcuri'ly with cinnmnon-, 

 olivi;-, or rulous-brown, Tu x ''rJ. 



During its niij,'ratiotis this tastefully marked Warbler is peneriilly 

 unt'OMiuion eu()u;,'h to be considered somewhat of a prize, though at 

 irregular intervals it becomes comjiaralively common. It is said to 

 be much rarer in fall than in s|)ri:ig, but the immalur" Itay-brea>ts so 

 closely reseMd)le the usually abinidant young Hlack-polls that it is 

 sometim<'s ditllcult to tU^tennine specimens, while living birds could 

 not possibly be distinguished. 



In the summer the Uay-breasts iidi-ibit the nortlu'rn coniferous for- 

 ests, living, it is said, in the tree tops. ,Mr. Langille writes: "Their 

 song, said to begin like that of the Hlack-poll and end like that of tho 

 Redstart, bears to my ear no resemblance whatever lo either, but is a 

 very soft warble, somewhat resembling the syllables fxcrfiee, tufchee^ 

 tse-chee, tse-chee, tse-chep, but far too lifpiid to admit of exact spelling." 



661. Dendroloa striata (/■'"r4.). Hlac k-i'om. Wakhi.kr. (Fi^'. 

 lOii.) Ad. i. — Crown blnc-k ; vur-tovcrts wliitc; iiapt' htreiikud, Muek niul 

 wliite; VuK'k unci rump nshy, striukid witii hliu-k; two wiiitc wing-burs; 

 inner vuncs of outer tuil-ftatlurs with wliite patchts a' their tipn; lui.U'r 

 parts white, streaked with liluek, the streaks most nuuieidus on the sides, 

 and wantinjr on the middle of tho breast and ttelly. Ad. 9. — U|)perpurt8 

 olive-greem distinctly streaked witli black; win;.'s ainl tail iis in the 4; under 

 parts white, tiiij;eil with yellow, the breast and sidi'.s distinctly streaked with 

 black, /aw. — Similar to 9 , but the upper imrts briffliter and not distinctly 

 streaked, the under parts yellower and not distinctly streaked. L., b'M>\ W., 

 2-!)'2 ; T., 'J-O.") ; H. from N., •;!(>. 



AVwY/r/fx— No two of our Warblers nif)re closely resemble encli other tlmn 

 do immature examples of this ami the preceding species. There is no ditfer- 

 eiu'c in the color of tlu' upper parts, but cnntdiuii has the under parts tinj^ed 

 with delicate crcam-butl', strongest on the flanks, while striata is distinctly 

 yellowish below. 



Kurif/e.—"- Kastern North .\mcrica to the Kocky Mountains, nnrtli to Creen- 

 land, the Barren (Irounds, and Alaska, brcediujr from northern New Kn^lund 

 north wurd: south in winter to northern South .\mericu" (.\. (). I'.). 



Washinirton, abundant T. V.. May 1 to .lunc A; Sept. 5 to Oct. '20. Sinjr 

 Sin^', common T. V., May 7 to .lune (i ; .\u<r. •'>" to Oct. Hi. (.'utiibridge, ubun- 

 dnnt T. V., May 12 to .lune .->; Sept. 8 to Oct. 1.^.. 



^>-ji<, of twigs, moss, rootlets, etc., HikhI with flue {.Tasses and tendrils, gen- 

 erally in spruce trees, about six feet tip. /.V/w, four to tivc, white, more or 

 less speckled and spotted. an«l ireiierally heavily blotched at the larger end 

 with cinnamon-, olive-, or rurous-l)rown, '70 x -ii-i . 



Black-polls are rather more leisurely in their movemfrnts than most 

 of their congeners. Adults should be identfficd without difTicilty. but 

 the immature birds, which are generally abumhint in the fall, may oc- 

 casion some trouble. Mr. Langille describes their song as one of the 



