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m. Crown chestnut. 

 n. Under parts of body partly whitish; smaller (wing 

 averaging 64.5 in male, 60.7 in female). (Missis- 

 sippi Valley and interior British Provinces; through 

 Gulf States to West Indies in winter. ) 



Deudroica palmarnm palmarum, adults (p. 612) 

 nn. Under parts entirely yellow; larger (wing averaging 

 67.1 in male, 64.1 in female). (Atlantic States 

 and eastern British Provinces, south in winter to 

 northern Florida and through Gulf States to 

 Louisiana. ) 

 Dendroica palmamm hypocliTysea, adults (p. 615) 

 mm. Crown olive-grayish, streaked with dusky. 

 »). Under parts mostly dull whitish; smaller. 



Dendroica palmarnm palmarum, immature (p. 612) 

 nn. Under parts entirely yellow; larger. 



Dendroica palmarnm hypochrysea, immature (p.615) 



ff. White .spot on inner web of lateral rectrices small, not extending to 



shaft. 



(J. Above plain slate, relieved by a white superciliary streak and two 



white wing-bars; beneath white medially, slate-gray laterally. 



(Islands of Dominica and Guadeloupe, Lesser Antiles.) 



Dendroica plnmbea, adults (p. 617) 

 gq. Above plain olive, with superciliary streak and wing-bars pale olive- 

 yellowish or yellowish white; beneath pale olive-yellowish medi- 

 ally, pale olive laterally Dendroica plambea, immature (p. 617) 



hh. Inner webs of lateral rectrices without white spots.' 

 I . Pileum and back streaked with black and whitish; beneath white marked 

 (except on abdomen and under tail-coverts) with wedge-shaped streaks of 



black. (Jamaica. ) Dendroica pharetra, adults (p. 618) 



cc. Pileum and back plain olive; beneath pale olive-yellowish, obsoletely 

 streaked, anteriorly and laterally, with pale olive. 



Dendroica pharetra, immature (p. 618) 



DENDROICA .ffiSTIVA .ffiiSTIVA (Gmelin). 



YELLOW WARBLEE. 



Adult male. — General color above clear yellowish olive-green, the 

 pileum more yellowish, usually clear yellov.' on forehead and at least 

 anterior portion of crown, often tinged with orange-tawny; upper 

 tail-coverts edged with yellow; back sometimes streaked with chest- 

 nut; wings and tail dusky, the middle wing-coverts broadly tipped 

 with yellow, the greater wing-coverts and tertials broadly edged with 

 the same; remiges (except tertials) more narrowly edged with yellow- 

 ish olive-green; inner webs of rectrices yellow, tipped with dusky; 

 sides of head and under parts clear rich yellow, the chest, sides, and 

 flanks streaked with chestnut; bill blackish (in dried skins) with paler 

 tomia; iris brown; legs and feet light brownish (in dried skins); length 

 (.skins), 100-125 (111.5); wing, 60-71 (62.5); tail, 42-53 (44.4); exposed 

 culmen, 10-11 (10.1); tarsus, 17-20 (18.6); middle toe, 10-12 (11).' 



'There is a more or less distinct white terminal mar^n, but no approach to the 

 form of a spot. 

 ^ Thirty-two specimens. 



