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and lower parts (except under tail- 
coverts) dull whitish (sometimes 
slightly tinged with yellow), the 
chest and sides streaked with gray- 
ish brown. Length 4.50-5.50, wing 
2.35-2.65 (2.52), tail 2.05-2.45 (2.24), 
tarsus .71-.80 (.76). Hab. Interior 
of North America, north to Great 
Slave Lake in summer (southern 
breeding limit unknown) ; migrating 
south through Mississippi Valley to 
Gulf States, Florida, Bahamas, and 
Greater Antilles; occasional (or 
casual) during migrations, east of 
Alleghanies....... 672. D. palmarum 
(GMEL.). Palm Warbler. 
f. Larger, and much more brightly colored, 
with entire lower parts bright yellow 
in all stages (except nestling plu- 
mage); upper parts richer or less 
grayish olive than in true palmarum. 
Young: Above dull grayish brown 
and olive, broadly streaked with 
blackish; wing-coverts narrowly 
tipped with light brown; lower 
parts dull whitish, broadly streaked 
with dusky, the under tail-coverts 
gamboge-yellow. Length 4.90-5.75, 
wing 2.50-2.80 (2.69), tail 2.25-2.55 
(2.43), tarsus .75-.80 (.79). Nest on 
ground, in open situations. Eggs 
.67 X .52, buffy white, speckled on 
larger end with brown and lilac- 
gray. Hab. Atlantic coast of North 
America, breeding from New Bruns- 
wick and Nova Scotia to Hudson’s 
Bay; in winter, southward east of 
Alleghanies to Florida, and thence 
westward to Louisiana. (Not yet 
found in Bahamas or other portions 
of West Indics.’)...... 672a. D. pal- 
marum hypochrysea Rinew. 
Yellow Palm Warbler. 
1 The very distinct winter range of the two races of Palm Warbler shows the necessity of recognizing such 
geographical forms. The National Museum possesses specimens of true D. palmarum from Cuba, Haiti, and 
