BIRDS OF MINNESOTA. ote 
I am credibly informed that the bird has been found nesting 
in St. Louis county, a statement I am ready to believe from my 
own knowledge of the habits of the species. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTRRS. 
Above blue, the middle of the back with a patch of yellowish 
green; beneath yellow anteriorly, white behind; a reddish 
brown tinge across the breast; lores and space around the eye 
dusky; a small white spot on either eyelid; sides of head and 
neck like the crown; two conspicuous white bands on the wings; 
outer two tail feathers with a conspicuous spot of white. 
Length, 4.75; wing, 2.35; tail, 1.90. 
Habitat, eastern United States, west to the Plains. 
DENDROICA TIGRINA (GMELIN). (650.) 
CAPE MAY WARBLER. 
This is another species of warbler that is occasionally seen 
in its antumnal migration, and is quite common for a short 
-time, beginning about the 10th of May and sometimes nearly a 
week earlier. With so many observations of its migrating 
habits in this longitude, it is a matter of regret that my notes 
include no discoveries of its nest up to the present time. 
It was somewhat singular that it should have escaped my 
notice so long as it did, and subsequently have been met with 
so many times, but such has been the case with many other 
species. It was first obtained in this locality—Minneapolis— 
on the 15th of May, 1875, by T. S. Roberts, and in the follow- 
ing year, May 11th, by several collectors. Correspondents 
from widely severed portions of the State have reported the 
Cape May Warbler in spring migrations. [ have never obtained 
the nest, but have found this warbler considerably further 
south than Minneapolis during the month of June, and it has 
been reported nearly as late in the spring at Lanesboro, thus 
rendering it assured that they breed with us, notwithstanding 
the fact that no nests have been discovered. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Bill very acute, conical and decidedly curved; bill and feet 
black, upper part of head dull black, some of the feathers 
faintly margined with light yellowish brown; collar scarcely 
meeting behind; rump and under parts generally rich yellow; 
throat, fore part of breast and sides streaked with black; 
abdomen and lower tail coverts pale yellow, brighter about the 
vent; ear coverts light reddish chestnut; back part of a yellow 
line from nostrils over the eye, of this same color; chin and 
throat also tinged with it; a black line from commissure through 
