246 BIRDS — SYLVICOLID^. 



Genus DENDECECA. Gray. 



Bill conical, attenuated, depressed at base, compressed from the middle, distinctly 

 notched. Eictal bristles short. Wings long. First primary nearly as L^ng as the sec- 

 ond,- Tail slightly rounded. Tarsus long, slender, decidedly longer than the middle 

 toe. Hind toe short, as long as the lateral, its claw as long as the digit. 



Dendececa jEstiva (Gm.) Bd. 



Su-mmer "Warbler. 



Sylvia (estiva, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 163, 18-2. 



Sylvicola cesHva, Read, Fam. Vis., iii, 1853, 415 ; Proc. Philad. Acad Nat. Sci , vi, 1853, 395. 



Dendroica aistiva, Whfaton, Ohio Agric. Rep for I860, 364 ; Reprint, 1861, 6. 



Dendrwca wstiva Whkaion, Fond of BirdH, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 563; Reprint, 

 lb75, 3.— Langdon, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 5; Journ. Gin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 

 11:;?; Reprint, 3; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc Nat. Hist., i, 187y, 171; Reprint, 5. 



Motacilla cestira, Gmeun, Syat. Nat. i, 17'-8, 996. 



Sylvia wntiva. Latham, Ind. Oru., ii, 1790, 551. 



Sylvicola (estiva, Swainson and Richardson, Fn. Bor. Am., ii, 1831, 211. 



Dendroica cenHra, Baikd, Birds N. A., 1858, 282. 



Devdrceca (estiva, Sclater, Proc. Zoo]. Soc, 1859, 363. 



Golden yullow ; back olive yellow, frequently with obsolete brownish streaks; breast 

 and sides streaked with orange brown ; which sometimes tinges the crown ; wings and 

 tail dusky, the latter marked wiih y<-llow blotches. Bill dark blue ; female and young 

 ])aler; less or not streaked below. Length 5J; wiug2f; tail 2J. 



Habitat, North America. 



tinge of pale yellow on the breast. Dors'-il surface, exclnsive of nape which is clear 

 ashy — waslied with yellow, as are also the outer margins of the secondaries. A narrow 

 line of clear black pai-ses from the base of the upper mandible, through and to a short 

 distance behind the eye, iuterrupted, however, by the lower eyelid, which is distinctly 

 white. No trace of black on the cheeks or throat, even upon raising the feathers. Bill 

 black. Feet dark brown. Dimensions — length 5.19; extent?. 88; vring2.45; tarsus ;71 ; 

 tail 1.86 ; cnlmen .53, {Brewsler, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, 1 ) 



Habitat, Massachusetts, Connecticut. New York. Michigan. Less than a dozen 

 examples known. 



Hklminthophaga laweencii. Herrick. Lawrence's Waki?ler. 



Upper parts and rnmp olive green, a shade darker than in pinus. Wing bluish gray, 

 with two white bands, the upper not so clearly defined asin pinus. Tail blui,shgray, 

 the three outer feathers with most of the web white, also a, small white spot on rhij 

 end of the fourth feather. Crown and under parts, from breast to vent, orange. A broad 

 blacK patch extends from the bill through and beyond the eye. Chin, throat, and fore 

 part of the breast black. A jellow stripe, conimeucing ni der the bill, extends back 

 between the black eye-and-breast-patches, and iiicreates in width upon the shoulder. 

 Length 4.50; wing 2.50; tail 2.00. Measurements from the mounted bird. (Herrick, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 220.) 



Habitat, New Jersey. 



