TENNESSEE WARBLER 83 



United States, Auk, IV, 1887, 35. (2) Ibid., 262. (3) C. Hart Merriam, 

 Another Specimen of Bachman's Warbler, Auk, IV, 1887, 262. (4) W. E. D. 

 Scott, Bachman's Warbler at Key West, Florida, in July and August, Auk, 

 V, 1888, 428; also (5) ibid., VII, 1890, 313. (6) Frank M. Chapman, Hel- 

 minthophila bachmani on the East coast of Florida, Auk, VI, 1889, 278. (7) 

 Wm. Brewster, Notes on Bachman's Warbler [in Florida], Auk, VIII, 1891, 

 149. (8) O. Widmann, The Summer Home of Bachman's Warbler No 

 Longer Unknown. A Common Breeder in the St. Francis River Region of 

 Southeastern Missouri and Northeastern' Arkansas, Auk, XIV, 1897, 305. (9) 

 R. Ridgway, Description of the Nest and Eggs of Bachman's Warbler, Auk, 

 XIV, 1897, 309. (10) E. H. Short, Bachman's Warbler, Oologist, XXII, 

 1905, 103. (u ) Geo. C. Embody, Bachman's Warbler Breeding in Logan 

 County, Kentucky, The Auk, XXIV, Jan. 1907. (12) A. T. Wayne, The 

 Nest and Eggs of Bachman's Warbler taken near Charleston, S. C, Auk, 

 XXIV, Jan. 1907. 



Tennessee Warbler 



HELMINTHOPHILA PEREGRINA (Wils.) Plate VII 



Distinguishing Characters. — No conspicuous wing-bars; adult <? grayish 

 white below, crown and nape bluish gray; adult ? with crown greener, and 

 tinged with yellow below; young greenish yellow below, above entirely yellow 

 olive-green. Length (skin), 4.40; wing, 2.60; tail, 1.70; bill, .40. 



Adult d\ Spring. — Crown and nape grayish blue the former rarely with 

 traces of chestnut, a whitish line above the eye and, usually, a dusky line 

 through it; back bright olive-green; tail edged with olive-green, the two outer 

 feathers usually with more or less dull white at the end of the inner vane; 

 secondaries edged with olive-green, the median and greater coverts narrowly 

 tipped with paler green or greenish white; underparts grayish white, the 

 breast often tinged with buff or yellowish, the sides with greenish. 



Adult c?, Fall. — Similar to adult c? in Spring, but crown tipped with olive- 

 green, underparts with more buffy or greenish. 



Young $, Fall. — No gray on crown, upper parts entirely bright olive-green; 

 line over eye yellowish; underparts greenish yellow, whiter on the belly and 

 crissum; wings and tail as in the adult. 



Adult 2, Spring. — Similar to adult c? in Spring, but crown washed with 

 olive-green, underparts more yellowish; closely resembling, therefore, the adult 

 6* in Fall. 



Adult 2, Fall.— No gray on crown; upperparts entirely bright olive-green, 

 below white washed with yellow; resembles young <? in Fall but averages less 

 bright above and less yellow below. 



Young 2, Fall.— Resembles adult 2 in Fall but brighter above and yellower 

 below; not always distinguishable from young c? in Fall but averaging yellower 

 below. 



Nestling.— Dusky olive-green above, dusky yellowish white below; greater 

 and median coverts rather broadly tipped with whitish. 



