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U. S. p. E. B. EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



DENDROICA KIETLANDII, B a i r d . 



Kirtland's Warbler. 



Syhicola kirtlandii, Baird, Annals N. Y. Lye. V, June 1852, 217 ; pi. vi, (Clevelind, Ohio.) — Cassiu, Illust. 

 I, 1855, 278 ; pi. xlvii. (Both figures from the single specimen here described.) 



Sp. Ch. — Above slate blue, the feathers of the crown with a narrow, those of the middle of the back with a broader streak 

 of black ; a narrow frontlet involving the lores, the anterior end of the eye, and the space beneath it, (possibly the whole 

 auriculars,) black ; the rest of the evelids white. The under parts are clear yellow, (almost white on the under tail coverts ;) 

 the breast with small spots and sides of the body with short streaks of black. The greater and njiddle wing coverts, quills, and 

 tail feathers are edged with dull whitish. The two outer tail feathers have a dull white spot near the end of the inner web, 

 largest on the first. Length, 5.50 ; wing, 2.80 ; tail, 2.70, (4363). 



Hab. — Northern Ohio. 



Of this species but a single specimen is known to be extant. It was killed by Dr. Kirtland, 

 near Cleveland, in May of 1851, and its description kindly entrusted to me. No other has been 

 obtained, though Dr. Hoy is under the impression that he has seen the species at Eacine. 



The specimen is not quite mature, though the markings would not be materially diiferent in 

 the perfect plumage from that above described. There. is a brownish tinge on the upper parts 

 which probably change to pure plumbeous. 



In size this species appears to exceed any of its North American congeners, while its other 

 markings prevent its being confounded with any of them. 



List of specimens. 



DENDEOICA TIGEINA, Baird. 



Cape May Warbler. 



Motacilla tigrina, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 985. 



Sylvia tigrina, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790, 537. (Not of Vieillot.) 



Sylvia maritima, Wilson, Am. Orn. VI, 1812, 99 ; pi. liv, f. 3.— Bonap. Obs. Wils. 1826, No. 157 ^Ib. Am. Orn. 



I, 1825 ; pi. iii, f. 3.— Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 156.— Add. Orn. Biog. V, 1839, 156 ; pi. 414. 

 Syhicola maritima, Jardine, Ed. Wilson, 1832. — Bonaf. List, 1838. — Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 307. — Add. Syn. 56. — 



Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 44 ; pi. ixxxv. 

 Cerlhiola maritima, Gosse, Birds Jam. 1847, 81. 

 Rhimamphus maritimus , Cab. Jour. Orn. Ill, 1855, 474. (Cuba.) 



Sp. Ch. — 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 tinged also with it. A black line from commissure through the eye, and running into the chestnut of 

 the ear coverts. Back, shoulder, edges of the wing and tail yellowish olive ; the former spotted with dusky. One row of small 

 coverts, and outer bases of the secondary coverts, form a large patch of white, tinged with pale yellow. Tertials rather broadly 

 edged with brownish white. Quills and tail dark brown, the three outer feathers of the latter largely marked with white on 

 the inner web ; edge of the outer web of the outer feathers white, more perceptible towards the base. Length, 5.25 ; wing, 

 2.84 ; tail, 2.15. 



Hah. — Eastern United States to the Mississippi. Cuba. (Gundlach.) 



