DENDROICA. 503 



in winter, south to Bahamas, 

 Cuba, and northern South Amer- 

 ica (but not recorded from any 

 portion of Middle America). 



661. D. striata (Forst.). 

 Black-poll Warbler, 

 i*. Back plain bluish gray or ash-gray ; throat 

 bright yellow. (Adult — sexes alike : Above 

 plain bluish gray, becoming black on fore- 

 head or sides of crown, or both ; a super- 

 ciliary stripe, sides of neck, broad wing- 

 bands, and lower parts posterior to chest, 

 pure white ; chin, throat, and chest, some- 

 times also anterior portion of superciliary 

 stripe, pure gamboge-yellow ; lores and 

 large triangular patch covering cheeks 

 and ear-coverts, enclosing white spot on 

 lower eyelid, deep black ; sides and flanks 

 broadly streaked with black. Young in 

 first autumn: Essentially like adult, but 

 gray of upper parts and white of lower 

 parts much tinged with brown, black 

 markings of head, etc., less distinct, and 

 yellow of throat paler.) 

 ;'. Larger, with relatively longer bill ; su- 

 perciliary stripe usually distinctly 

 yellow anteriorly ; length 4.70-5.75, 

 wing 2.45-2.75 (2.62), tail 2.00-2.30 

 (2.13), exposed culmen .42-.55 (.49). 

 Nest usually (?) placed upon branches 

 of pine trees ; " externally 2.80 inches 

 in diameter by 1.70 in depth ; inter- 

 nally 1.77 in diameter by 1.30 in 

 depth," composed of strips of bark, 

 small twigs, plant-down, etc. ; not un- 

 frequently concealed within pendent 

 tufts of "Spanish" moss. Eggs .69 

 X -52, dull greenish white or gray- 

 ish white, spotted, chiefly round 

 larger end, with various shades of 

 umber-brown and lilac-gray. Sab. 

 Southern Atlantic States, north, 

 regularly, to Maryland (near sea- 

 coast), casually to New York, Mas- 

 sachusetts, etc. ; in winter (only?) 



