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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
yellow, the chest and sides boldly striped with 
deep black. Adult female: Similar to male, but 
colors duller, the back mainly (sometimes en- 
tirely) olive-green, wing-coverts with two sepa- 
rated white bands, streaks on lower parts nar- 
rower, etc. Autumnal plumage: Above olive, 
becoming grayish on head and greenish on back; 
throat pale grayish; no streaks across chest. 
Young: Above dull brown, very indistinctly 
clouded with darker; wings dusky, with two 
pale dingy yellowish or yellowish white bands 
across tips of coverts; chest smoky brown, indis- 
tinctly streaked with lighter; chin and throat 
lighter brownish; rest of lower parts pale sul- 
phur-yellow, broadly streaked with dusky, except 
on belly and under tail-coverts. Length 4.35- 
5.00, wing 2.25-2.45, tail 1.85-2.05. Nest of fine 
twigs, grass- and weed-stalks, etc., lined with fine 
black rootlets, in small spruces or hemlocks, 3-35 
feet from ground. Eggs .63 X .48, creamy white, 
blotched with rich brown, paler brown, and lilac 
(sometimes more finely spotted). Hab. Eastern 
North America, west to base of Rocky Mountains, 
breeding from northern parts of New England, 
New York, and Michigan to region about Hud- 
son’s Bay; in winter, south to Bahamas, Cuba, 
and eastern Middle America, to Panama. 
657. D. maculosa (GmEL.). Magnolia Warbler. 
é. Rump not yellow. 
f!. Wing with two distinct white or whitish bands (light 
brownish in some specimens of D. vigorsii). 
g. Wing-bands very distinct and decidedly white in all 
stages (though sometimes tinged with sulphur- 
yellow). 
l’, White on inner web of outer tail-feather occupy- 
ing not more than half the total area of the 
web. 
?, Back usually streaked, never plain bluish 
gray or ashy; throat never bright yel- 
low. 
j. Wing less than 2.75. 
k', Adult male: Above grayish blue, the 
back streaked with black, and 
sides of crown tinged or clouded 
with same; beneath pure white, 
