372 BIRDS OF ONTARIO. 



It arrives from the south quite early in spring, and for a time is. 

 quiet, but as the weather gets warmer the male indulges in a rather 

 pleasant little song, resembling that of the Chipping Sparrow. In 

 the fall they disappear about the middle of September. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM (Gmel.). 

 280. Palm Warbler. (672) 



Adult male : — In spring, beneath, yellowish-white, tinged with yellow, the 

 throat and crissum deepening into gamboge; sides of the neck, sides and 

 entire breast streaked with umber-brown, tinged with rusty, the shafts of the 

 feathers darker ; a distinct superciliary stripe of clear yellow ; pileum, uniform, 

 rich chestnut, darker next the bill, when divided medially by a short and 

 indistinct streak of yellow; upper parts in general, olive-gray, deepening into 

 yellowish olive-green on the upper tail coverts; tail feathers, dusky, edged 

 externally with pale olive-yellowish, the two outer pairs with their inner webs, 

 broadly tipped with white; wings, dusky, the remiges edged like the tail 

 feathers with yellowish olive-green, both rows of coverts tipped with pale 

 grayish-buff, forming rather distinct indications of two bands. Wing, 2. 55 ; 

 tail, -2.30. 



Hab. — Northern interior to Great Slave Lake; in winter and in migrations, 

 Mississippi Valley and Gulf States, including Western and Southern Florida, 

 and the West Indies. Casual in the Atlantic States. 



Nest, on the ground under a bush or tussock of grass, composed of grass, 

 lined with rootlets, hair, caterpillar silk and moss. 



Eggs, three, rosy white, spotted with brown and reddish at the larger end. 



From the way in which western birds creep up into Ontario 

 'around the west end of Lake Erie, I think it highly probable that 

 this species will be found here. I have noticed some individuals 

 less bright in the yellow than others, but at present the number 

 of specimens available for comparison is so small that I cannot say 

 positively that we have both species of Palm Warbler, and have 

 some doubts as to whether or not the recognized authorities have 

 acted wisely in making the separation. 



DENDROICA PALMARUM HYPOCHRYSEA (Ridgw.). 

 281. Yellow Palm Warbler. (672a) 



Adult malt ; — In spring, entire lower parts and a conspicuous superciliary 

 stripe bright yellow, entirely continuous and uniform beneath ; entire sides 

 marked with broad streaks of deep chestnut, these most distmct on the sides 



