1043 Eepokt of State Geologist. 



ANALYSIS OF PERFECT SFEING MALES. 



Tail feathers edged with yellow; head yellow . • mstiva. 



Tail feathers blotched with white ; a white spot at base of 



primaries . . . ccerulescens. 



— no white spot at base of primaries, (a) 

 [a). Wing bars not white. Below, white; sides chestnut- 

 streaked, crown yellow ... ... pennsyhanica. 



— yellow; sides reddish-stteaked, crown reddish. . palmarum. 

 — black-streaked; above, ashy. kirtlandi. 



^olive, reddish-streaked . . . decolor, 

 {aa). Wing bars white (sometimes fused into one large patch) (6) 

 (b). Crown blue, like the back ; below, white, sides and breast 



streaked . ... rara. 



— chestnut, like the lliioat; below and sides of neck, 



buffy tinged . . caslama. 



— clear ash; rninp and ander parts yellow, breast and 



.'ide-, black-streaked "aculona. 



— blackish, with median line orange-brown, like the 



auriciilars; rump, yellow. t'grina. 



— perfectly black; throat not black; no yellow; feet flesh 



color ... . . striata. 



■ — with yellow spot; throat flame-color ; rump not yellow blackbwnicE. 

 — white ; rump and sides of breast yellow coronata. 



{bb). Crown otherwise; throat black; back, olive; crown like 



back virens. 



— yellow; back, o'ive; noblackor ashy on head . vigorsii. 



: — ashy blue ; cheeks black ; eyelids_ white doininica albitora. 



DIAUXOSTIC MARKS OF WARBLERS IN ANY PLUMAGE. 



Wing bars and belly yellow. discolor. 



Wings and tail dusky, edged with yellow ■ustira. 



Wing bars yellow and belly pure white . pennsylvanica. 



A white spot at base of primaries (which is almost never 



wanting) ... . . aerulescens. 



Throat definitely yellow; back with no green; belly white . dominica albitora. 

 Bill extremely acute, perceptibly curved ; rump (generally) 



yellow ' tigrina. 



Rump, sides of breast and crown more or less yellow ; throat 



white . . .... coronuta. 



Wing bars white; tail spots oblique, at end of two outer 



feathers only , vigorsii. 



Tail spots at middle of nearly all the feathers ; rump and belly 



yellow . . . macidosa. 



Wing bars brownish ; tail spots square at end of two outer 



feathers only ... palmarum. 



Wing bars not very conspicuous ; whole under parts yellow ; 



back with no greenish . . kirtlandi. 



