DENDECECA CORONATA, YELLOW-RUJIP WARBLEE. 57 



iii, 187-2, 124 (Eastern Kansas, rather common).— COUES, Key, 1873, 99. — Scorr, 



Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872 (breeding in West Virginia).— Salv., P. Z. S. 1870, IdO 



(Veragua). 

 Sylvia ram, WiLS., Am. Oru. iii, 1811, 119, pi. 27, fig. 2. ( 5 or yonng).— Bp., Svn. 1828, 



82.-XU1T., i, 18:32, 225.— AuD., Orn. Biog. i, 1832, 258, pi. 49. 

 Vcrmirora rara, J.ikdine. 

 Sijhia azurea, Steph., Shaw's Gen. Zool. x, 1817, 653.— Bp., Am. Orn. ii, 18-28, pi. '27; 



Syu. 1828, 85.— NlJTT., Man. i, 1832. 407.— AUD., Oru. Biog. i, 1832, 255, pis. 4b, 49. 

 Sylvia iifasciata, Sav, Long's Exp. Rocky Mountains, 1823, 170. 

 Sylvia popiilorum, Vieill., Enc. Met. ii,'l823, 449. 



Hah. — Eastern North America to the Lower Missouri ("Columbia River," Audiihon), 

 North to Canada (to Nova Scotia, Auduhon). Cuba (only "West Indian record). South 

 in -winter to Guatemala, Panama, and New Granada (Bogota, ScL., P. Z. 8. 1857, 18). 

 No Mexican quotations (but "entering the United States from Mexico, early in April" 

 (Audubon). Not in New England ? 



It is diflScult to trace out the distribution of the species ; its geograph- 

 ical record is confused, and many of the earlier citations have not been 

 verified of late. Thus, Audubon says it inhabits "the whole breadth of 

 our country ," and that it was found ou the Columbia by "Mr. Townsend — 

 a statement not now generally credited. The same author's Nova Sco- 

 tian record has not lately been checked. There is some doubt that the 

 bird ever enters New England ; the various accounts seem traceable to 

 one source, which, Dr. Brewer writes me, has proven entirely mistaken. 

 Unequivocal evidence of its presence in Canada is given by Mr. Mcll- 

 wraith. It is certainly a rare species in the Middle States ; Ur. Turn- 

 bull so gives it, and at the time Dr. Prentiss and I noticed the birds of 

 the District of Columbia, we had not seen it there, though I have in my 

 cabinet a specimen afterward taken by one of the local collectors. The 

 Mississippi Valley would appear to be the principal United States resort. 

 Mr. Eidgway says it is very abundant in Illinois ; Mr. Allen found it not 

 uncommon in the Lower Missouri bottoms, and Dr. Woodhouse men- 

 tions its breeding in abundance in the Indian Territory. Eecurring 

 again to the perennial Audubon, we find him giving it as numerous in 

 Louisiana, where he says he has seen five or six in a single walk, in Au- 

 gust. He describes tlie nidification as follows : "The nest is placed in 

 the forks of a, low tree or bush, more frequently in a dogwood-tree. It 

 is partly pensile, projecting a little above the twigs to which it is at- 

 tached, and extending below them for nearly two inches. The fibres of 

 vines, and the stalks of rank herbaceous plants, together with slender 

 roots, compose the outer part, being arranged in a circular manner. 

 The lining consists entirely of the dry fibres of the Spanish moss. The 

 female lays four or five eggs, of a pure white color, with a few reddish 

 spots at the larger end." 



-^ ^ENDECEOA CORONATA, (Linn.) Gray. 



Tellow-rump Warbler. 



Motacilla coronata, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 17G6, 333. 



Sylvia coronata, Lath., Ind.'Oru. ii, 1790, 538. — Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. ii. 1807, '24, pis. 

 78, 79.— WiLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 138. pi. 17, f. 4; iv, 121, pi. 45^ f. 3.— Xitt., 

 Man. i, 1832, 361.— Atid., Oru. Biog. ii, 1634, 303, pi. 153. 



Sylvicolu coronata, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 216.— Aud., B. Am. ii, 1843, 23. pi. 76.— 

 WooDH., Sitgr. Rep. 1853,71.— Hoy, Smiths. Rep. 1864, 437 (Missouri). — M.vxiM., 

 J. f. O. vi, l,8.-)8, 114. 



Dendraca coronata, Gkay. — Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 272.— Bd., Rev. 1835, 187. — CouES, Key, 

 1872, 99, tig. 41 ; and of late writers generally. — Hayd., Rep. 18(32, 160 (to above 

 Fort Pierre).— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash.' Ter. 1859, 187 (Washington Terri- 

 tory).— Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 89 (California, probably).— D.vll & Baxx., Tr. 

 Chic. Acad. 1869, 278 (Yukon, breeding).— Verr.. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix, 1862, 125 

 (Calais, Me., breeding).— Maiicei, Pr. Phil. Acad. 1863, 292 (Jamaica, breedine). — 



Digitized by Microsoft® - b; 



