DENDROICA. 
509 
branches; cavity, 1.50- 
1.60 across by 1.50-2.00 
deep. ggs .75 x .55, 
white, sprinkled, 
speckled, or spotted 
with reddish brown, 
sometimes mixed with 
pale lavender. Hab. 
Central Texas, and 
south to highlands of 
Guatemala...... 666. D. 
chrysoparia Sci. & 
Say. Golden-cheeked 
Warbler. 
m. Upper parts (ie. top of 
head, hind-neck, back, 
scapulars, rump, and 
upper tail-coverts) 
without any black (ex- 
cept, rarely, a few incon- 
spicuous streaks); breast 
and belly usually yellow- 
ish white (rarely pure 
white), the former some- 
times strongly tinged 
with yellow. Adult 
male: Above bright 
olive-green; sides of 
head pure gamboge-yel- 
low, relieved by an oli- 
vaceous streak through 
eye, and, usually, more 
or less of olive on ear- 
coverts; throat and 
chest “solid” black. 
Adult female: Similar 
to the male, but black 
of throat and chest 
more or less broken by 
yellowish and whitish 
tips to feathers, the 
chin and upper throat 
sometimes entirely yel- 
low or yellowish white 
superficially (rarely, 
