DENDROICA. : 497 
much obscured ; streaks on chest, etc., and yellow 
patches indistinct. Young: No yellow anywhere, 
except sometimes on rump; whole plumage 
thickly streaked, above and below, with dusky 
and grayish white; tail much asin adult. Length 
5.00-6.00, wing 2.75-2.85, tail 2.20-2.30. Vest usu- 
ally low down, in coniferous trees. Eggs .70 x 
53, creamy white, pale creamy buff, or dull white, 
spotted or blotched, chiefly on or round larger 
end, with brown: and lilac-gray, sometimes mixed 
with smaller markings of blackish. Had. Whole 
of North America, but rare west of Rocky Moun- 
tains, except along Pacific coast; breeding from 
northern border of United States northward ; win- 
tering from about 40° southward to West Indies 
and through Middle America to Panama; breeds 
in Jamaica. 
655. D. coronata (Linn.). Myrtle Warbler. 
g’. Similar to D. coronata, but throat yellow, and sides 
of head dark plumbeous, without the white supra- 
loral and postocular streaks, there being instead a 
white spot on each eyelid. Adult male with mid- 
dle and greater wing-coverts white, producing a 
large patch on wing. Adult female with chest 
ashy, more or less spotted with black, the wing 
with two separated white bands. Length 5.12- 
6.00, wing 2.85-3.20, tail 2.25-2.55. Nest in pine or 
spruce trees, composed of strips of fine bark, pine- 
needles, etc., lined with fine roots and hairs and a 
few soft feathers. Eggs .67 x .52, dull olivaceous- 
white, greenish white, or very pale dull greenish, 
sparsely spotted and dotted with black, brown, and 
lilac-gray. Hab. Western North America, north 
to British Columbia, east to eastern base of Rocky 
Mountains (accidentally to Massachusetts); win- 
tering in valleys of western United States and 
south through western Mexico to Guatemala. 
656. D. auduboni (Towns.). Audubon’s Warbler. 
F?, Crown plain grayish, without yellow spot. 
Adult .male: Top of head plain bluish gray, lighter 
around border (the superciliary region whitish) ; 
lores and ear-coverts deep black; back black, 
sometimes mixed with yellowish olive-green ; 
wings black, with a large white patch covering 
both rows of coverts; lower parts rich gamboge- 
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