56 DENDRCECA CCERULEA, CCERULEAN WARBLER. 



Dendroica cosniUscens, Bd., Rev. 1865, 186.— SIayn., Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv, 1871, No. 25; 



Guiae, 1870, 103; B. Fla. 1872, 54.— CouES, Key, 187-2, 98. 

 MotaciUa canadensis, Linn., Sysf. Nat. i, 1766, 336 nee 334. 

 Sylvia canadensis, Lath., lud. Orn. ii, 1790, 539. — WiLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 115, pi. 15, 



f. 7.— Bp., Syii. 1828, 84.— Ndtt., Man. i, 1832, 398.— AuD., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 



308, pis. 148, 155.— Sallk, P. Z. S. 1857, 231 (St. Doiuitigo). 

 Sylvicola canadensis, Sw.— Rich., Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1837.— Bp., List, 1838,23.— Aud., Syn. 



1839, 61.— Add., B. Am. ii, 1841, 63, iil. 95.— Woodh., Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 71.— 



Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 438 (Missouri).— Tkippe, Pr. Ess. lust, vi, 1811, 114 



(Minnesota, breecting). 

 MniotiUa canadensis, Ghay, (jenera of Birds. 

 Khimanphus canadensis, Cab., J. f. O. iii, 1855, 473 (Cuba). 

 Dendrceca canadensis, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 271 ; and of many late writers. — ScL., P. Z. S. 



1861, 70 (Jamaica); Cat. 1862, 30.— Gdndl., J. f.'O. 1861, 326 (Cuba). 

 Salvia pusilla, Wils., Am. Orn. v. 1812, 100, pi. 43, tig. 4 (young). 

 Sylvia leucoplera, WiLS., Index, ii, 390. 

 Sylvia palustris, Steph., Sbaw's Gen. Zool. x, 1817, 722. 

 Sylvia sphagnosa, Bp., Syn. 1828, 85.— Ndtt., i, 1«32, 406.— Add., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 



279 ( 9 and young). 

 Sylvicola x)annosa, QosSE, Birds Jamaica, 1847, 162 ( 9 ). 

 Sylvia macropus, Vieill., fide Gray. 



Hal}. — Eastern Nortli America to the Lower Missouri (to Upper Missouri, Audiibon). '■)) -i 

 Migratory in most of the United States. Breeds from New England, and probably j 1 1 , ,;, 

 mountains of Middle States, northward. Winters on Key West, Florida {Uaynard), ., 

 and abundantly in various West Indian Islands. No Mexican nor Central American (/■■-''- 1 

 quotations. 



The United States range of tbis elegant species seems to be very 

 nearly coincident with that of the last, but its winter resorts are differ- 

 ent, as seen by the above citations. Audubon's quotation of the head- 

 waters of the Missouri has iiot been verified by later observations, and 

 must be held for confirmiitiou ; not impossibly, confusion with the some- 

 what similar D. nigrescens led to an erroneous record. Dr. Haydeu did 

 not find it. In the Middle States, where the species is migratory, I 

 used to find it common every spring and fall, during the migrations; 

 oftenest in low and tangled woods, but also in open forest in company 

 with virens and others. I am not aware of any specified instances of 

 its breeding south of the Ganadas and Northern iS"ew Euglaud ; but Mr. 

 Allen notices its recurrence in Massachusetts "in the breeding season," 

 and Dr. Turnbull says a few remain to breed in his locality. Audubon 

 describes a nest from Halifax, Nova Scotia, as being placed on the hori- 

 zontal bough of a fir, seven or eight feet from the ground, and composed 

 of bark-slips, mosses, and fibrous roots, lined with fine grass and a warm 

 bed of' feathers. Eggs four to five, rosy-white, sparsely sprinkled with 

 reddish-brown at the larger end. 



DENDECEOA GCEEULEA, (Wils.) Bd. 



CflBPuleaii Warbler, 



S-ylvia ccerulea, Wils., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 141, pi. 17, f. 5. 



.Sylvicola cmnilea, Sw.— Rich., Rep. Bost. Assoc. 1837. — Bp., List, 1838, 23. — AuD., Svn. 

 1839, 56.— AuD., B. Am. ii, 1841, 45, pi. 86.— Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 308.— Woodh.. 

 Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 70 (Texas and Indian Territory, abundant, breeding). — Putn., 

 Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1S56, 207 ("Massachusetts, summer visitant, rare;" a mis- 

 take).— Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 438 (Missouri). 



Mniotilta cairulea. Gray, Genera of Birds. 



Jiendrceca cairulea, Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 280 ; Rev. 1865, 191.— SCL., Cat. 1862, 31.— Gundl., 

 J. f. 0. 1861, 326 (Cuba, rare).— Lawi!., Anu. Lye. N. Y. 1861, 322 (Panama); 

 ix, 1869, 200 (Yucatan).— CouES & Prent., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 409 (Washing- 

 ton, D. 6., probably). — Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1860 (quite uumernns about 

 Coiumbus that year). — Allex, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, S3 (quotes Putnaji). — 

 ilclLWR., ibid. V, 1866, 86(Hainiltou, C. W., common May and June; may 

 breed). — COUBS, ibid, v, 1868, 274 (New England; quotes others). — TuiiNii.; 

 B. E. Pa; 1869, 18 ("gre|-^ftop^M.^to^nd^o^^gust).-ALLEN, Bull. M. C. Z. 



