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STLVICOLID^, WARBLERS. GEN. 35. 



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States, rather common ; north to Mar3'lancl and Ohio, but rare ; West Indies 

 (where it breeds), Mexico and Central America. S. flavicoUis WiLS., ii, 

 64, pi. 12, f. 6; S. pensiUs Ndtt., i, 374; Aud., ii, 32, 79; I), super- 

 ciliosa Bd., 2S9 ; B. do7ninica,'BD.,'Rev. 209 dominica. 



i KlrllancVs Warbler. "Above slate-blue, the feathers of the crown with 

 a narrow, those of the back with a broader, streak of black ; a narrow 

 frontlet involving the lores, the anterior end of the eye and space beneath 

 it, black ; the rest of the eyelids white ; under parts clear yellow, almost 

 white on the under tail coverts, the breast with small spots and the sides 

 with short streaks of black ; greater and middle wing coverts, the quills and 

 tail feathers, edged with dull whitish ; two outer tail feathers with a dull 

 white spot on the inner web; 5J ; wing 2|, tail 2§" (Baird). Very rare; 

 only two or three specimens known, from Ohio and the Bahamas. A species 

 I have never seen ; but I suspect that its relationships are with dominica and 

 gracicB, and that they may prove still closer with the Portoricau species 

 of the same group (adelaidce). Baird, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. v, 

 1852, 217, pi. 6 ; Cass., 111. i, 278, pi. 47 ; Bd., Rev. 206. . kirtlandii. 



'■i^lYelloiv Bed-poll Warbler. Balm Warbler. In spring : brownish-olive, V 

 rump and upper tail coverts brighter yellowish-olive, back obsoletcly 

 streaked with dusky, croivn cltestnut; superciliary line and entire under 

 parts rich yellow, breast and sides with reddish-brown streaks, somewhat as 

 in the summer warbler ; a dusky loral line running through eye ; no ivhite 

 wing-bars, the wing coverts and inner quills being edged with yellowish- 

 brown ; tail spots at very end of inner webs of two outer pairs of tail 

 feathers only, and cut squarelij off — a peculiarity distinguishing the species 

 in any plumage. ? not particularly different from the $ : young, an ob- 

 scure-looking species, brownish above like a young yellow-rump, but upper 

 tail coverts j^ellowish-olive, and under tail coverts apt to show quite bright 

 yellow in contrast with the dingy yellowish white or brownish white of other 

 under parts ; pectoral and lateral streaks obscure ; crown generally showing 

 chestnut traces; but in any plumage, known by absence of white wing-bars 

 and peculiarity of the tail spots, as just said. h\, wing 2J, tail 2\. East- 

 ern North America, abundant: usually found in fields, along hedgerows and 

 roadsides, with yellow-rumps and sparrows ; the most terrestrial species of 

 the genus, often recalling a titlark; remains in the fall latest of any, except 

 the yellow-rump. Winters in Florida and the West Indies {Allen). S. 

 petechia, WiLS., vi, 19, pi. 28, f. 4; Nutt., i, 364; Aud., ii, 55, pi. 90; 



Bd., 288 PALMARUM. 



'Y Biiie Warbler. Bine-creeping Warbler. Uniform yellowish-olive al)ove, y 

 yellow below, paler or white on belly and under tail coverts, shaded aud 

 sometimes obsoletcly streaked with darker on the sides; superciliary line 

 yellow ; wing-bars white; tail-blotches confined to two outer pairs of feathers, 

 large, oblique. ? and young, similar, duller; sometimes merely olive-JTray 

 above and sordid whitish below. The variations in precise shade arc inter- 

 minable ; but the species may always be known by the lack of any special sharp 



