DENDROICA. 
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the sides broadly streaked with 
grayish blue and dusky, and 
chest crossed by a band of the 
same (sometimes interrupted in 
middle). Adult female: Above 
grayish olive-green, glossed with 
bluish, especially on crown; su- 
perciliary stripe (this sometimes 
obsolete) and lower parts pale 
greenish yellow or pale greenish 
buffy, the throat and belly nearly 
(sometimes quite) white; sides 
streaked with color of back, but 
no band across chest. Young 
male in first autumn: Similar to 
adult female, but whiter beneath 
and more bluish above. Young: 
Above brownish gray, the crown 
divided by a median stripe of 
whitish ; sides of head and lower 
parts white, the first with a nar- 
row dark brownish gray streak 
through eye. Length 4.00-5.00, 
wing 2.40-2.70, tail 1.70-1.90. 
Nest in trees in high deciduous 
woods, 20-50 feet, or more, from 
ground, compact, cup-shaped, 
composed of plant-fibres, strips 
of fine bark, spiders’ webs, etc. 
Eggs about .69 x .53, white, or 
dull greenish white, speckled 
with brown, chiefly round larger 
end. Hab. Eastern United States 
(west of Alleghanies) and south- 
ern Canada, east to central New 
York ; south, in winter, to west- 
ern Cuba, Yucatan, and Guate- 
mala, and thence to Colombia, 
Peru, and Bolivia. 
658. D. czerulea (Wizts.). 
Cerulean Warbler. 
K?, Adult male: Top of head yellow, 
bordered laterally with black; 
ear-coverts, sides of neck, and 
lower parts pure white, the lat- 
