DENDROICA. 503 
in winter, south to Bahamas, 
Cuba, and northern South Amer-. 
ica (but not recorded from any 
portion of Middie America). 
661. D. striata (Forst.).. 
Black-poll Warbler. 
#. Back plain bluish gray or ash-gray; throat 
bright yellow. (Adult—sexes alike: Above 
plain bluish gray, becoming black on fore- 
head or sides of crown, or both; a super- 
ciliary stripe, sides of neck, broad wing- 
bands, and lower parts posterior to chest, 
pure white; chin, throat, and chest, some- 
times also anterior portion of superciliary 
stripe, pure gamboge-yellow; lores and 
large triangular patch covering cheeks 
and ear-coverts, enclosing white spot on 
lower eyelid, deep black ; sides and flanks 
broadly streaked with black. Young in 
first autumn: Essentially like adult, but 
-gray of upper parts and white of lower 
parts much tinged with brown, black 
markings of head, etc., less distinct, and 
yellow of throat paler.) 
7. Larger, with relatively longer bill; su- 
perciliary stripe usually distinctly 
yellow anteriorly ; length 4.70-5.75, 
wing 2.45-2.75 (2.62), tail 2.00-2.30 
(2.13), exposed culmen .42-.55 (.49). 
Nest usually (?) placed upon branches 
of pine trees ; “ externally 2.80 inches 
in diameter by 1.70 in depth; inter- 
nally 1.77 in diameter by 1.30 in 
depth,” composed of strips of bark, 
small twigs, plant-down, etc.; not un- 
frequently concealed within pendent 
tufts of “Spanish” moss. Eggs 69 
X .52, dull greenish white or gray- 
ish white, spotted, chiefly round 
larger end, with various shades of 
umber-brown and lilac-gray. Hab. 
Southern Atlantic States, north, 
regularly, to Maryland (near sea- 
coast), casually to New York, Mas- 
sachusetts, etc.; in winter (only?) 
