DENDROICA. 509 



branches; cavity, 1.50- 

 1.60 across by 1.50-2.00 

 deep. Eggs .75 X -55, 

 white, sprinkled, 

 speckled, or spotted 

 with reddish brown, 

 sometimes mixed with 

 pale lavender. Sab. 

 Central Texas, and 

 south to highlands of 



Guatemala 666. D. 



chrysoparia Sol. & 

 Salv. Golden-cheeked 

 Warbler. 

 m 2 . Upper parts (i.e., top of 

 head, hind-neck, back, 

 scapulars, rump, and 

 upper tail- co verts) 

 without any black (ex- 

 cept, rarely, a few incon- 

 spicuous streaks); breast 

 and belly usually yellow- 

 ish white (rarely pure 

 white), the former some- 

 times strongly tinged 

 with ye 1 1 o w. Adult 

 male : Above bright 

 olive - green ; sides of 

 head pure gamboge-yel- 

 low, relieved by an oli- 

 vaceous streak through 

 eye, and, usually, more 

 or less of olive on ear- 

 coverts ; throat and 

 chest " solid" black. 

 Adult female : Similar 

 to the male, but black 

 of throat and chest 

 more or less broken by 

 yellowish and whitish 

 tips to feathers, the 

 chin and upper throat 

 sometimes entirely yel- 

 low or yellowish white 

 superficially (rarely, 



