498 NORTE AMERICAN BIRDS. 



yellow, the chest and sides boldly striped with 

 deep black. Adult female : Similar to male, but 

 colors duller, the back mainly (sometimes en- 

 tirely) olive-green, wing-coverts with two sepa- 

 rated white bands, streaks on lower parts nar- 

 rower, etc. Autumnal plumage: Above olive, 

 becoming grayish on head and greenish on back ; 

 throat pale grayish; no streaks across chest. 

 Young : Above dull brown, very indistinctly 

 clouded with darker; wings dusky, with two 

 pale dingy yellowish or yellowish white bands 

 across tips of coverts ; chest smoky brown, indis- 

 tinctly streaked with lighter; chin and throat 

 lighter brownish ; rest of lower parts pale sul- 

 phur-yellow, broadly streaked with dusky, except 

 on belly and under tail-coverts. Length 4.35- 

 5.00, wing 2.25-2.45, tail 1.85-2.05. Nest of fine 

 twigs, grass- and weed-stalks, etc., lined with fine 

 black rootlets, in small spruces or hemlocks, 3-35 

 feet from ground. Eggs .63 X -48, creamy white, 

 blotched with rich brown, paler brown, and lilac 

 (sometimes more finely spotted). Hab. Easter.n 

 North America, west to base of Eocky Mountains, 

 breeding from northern parts of New England, 

 New York, and Michigan to region about Hud- 

 son's Bay; in winter, south to Bahamas, Cuba, 

 and eastern Middle America, to Panama. 

 657. D. maculosa (Gmel.). Magnolia Warbler. 

 Eump not yellow. 



/*. Wing with two distinct white or whitish bands (light 

 brownish in some specimens of D. vigorsii). 

 g 1 . "Wing-bands very distinct and decidedly white in all 

 stages (though sometimes tinged with sulphur- 

 yellow). 

 A 1 . "White on inner web of outer tail-feather occupy- 

 ing not more than half the total area of the 

 web. 

 »*. Back usually streaked, never plain bluish 

 gray or ashy; throat never bright yel- 

 low. 

 j 1 . "Wing less than 2.75. 



k 1 . Adult male: Above grayish blue, the 

 back streaked with black, and 

 sides of crown tinged or clouded 

 with same ; beneath pure white, 



