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above with whitish streaks ; crown patch, sides of neck and whole throat brilliant 

 orange or flame color; female similar, but olive and bright yellow instead of black 

 and orange; L. 5^ ; W. 2^; G. 2^. The most brilliant species and one of the 

 commonest during the migrations. The males precede the females a week or more. 

 It is famed for the delicacy of its coloring, the beauty of which has attracted even 

 the milliners, so that in the spring of 1875. ^ remember it was not uncommon as a 

 part of the ornithological collections with which certain Chicago belles adorned 

 their headwear. 



45. D.DOMINICA. (L.) Bd. Yellotv- Throated Wm-blers. Ashy blue ; throat 

 bright yellow ; belly white ; cheeks black ; superciliary line white or yellowish in 

 front; L. 5; W. 23,^; T. 21^. A common summer resident about Indianapolis; 

 rare visitant about Chicago. {AFelson.) Also about Cincinnati. [Langdon.) The 

 above relates to variety albilora. 



46. D. KIRTLANDI. . Bd. Dr. Kirtland's Warbler. Ashy blue above ; yel- 

 low and streaked below ; lores black ; L. 5^ ; W. 2?^ ; T. 22^. " Of the known 

 specimens, four in number, three were taken in Ohio and one at sea between the 

 Bahamas and Cuba. Supposed to have been seen in Wisconsin. (Racine, Hoy.)'''' 

 {Dr. Coues.) Not given here as a bird of Indiana, but because of the interest at- 

 taching to the species. 



47. D. DISCOLOR. (Vieill.) Bd. Prairie Warbler. Olive yellow: back 

 with a patch of red spots ; forehead, superciliary line, wing bars and under parts 

 bright yellow ; streaked below ; sides of head with black ; female similar. L. 4^^ ; 

 W. 23^ ; T. 2. A rare visitant and an elegant species. In evergreen thickets and 

 oak barrens oftener than on prairies. 



48. D. UIRENS. (Gm.) Bd. Black- Throated Green Warbler. Clear yellow 

 •olive ; sides of head rich yellow ; whole throat and breast jet black, this color ex- 

 tending along the sides; otherwise whitish below; L. 5; W. 2^^ ; T. 23^. A 

 ■common migrant ; a few are known to breed about Chicago. One of the few — 30 



to 40 — little birds sometimes blown across the Atlantic to Europe. 



49. D. PINUS. (Wils.) Bd. Pine Creeping Warbler. Yellow olive above ; 



under parts and superciliary line yellow; no sharp markings anywhere; female 

 more grayish ; L. 5 ; W. 2^. Abundant in evergreen forests. Nelson found both 



old and young in the pine barrens, Lake county, where they undoubtedly breed 

 regularly. A sociable bird, not confined to the pine regions, but associating with 

 the palm warbler, and with it in April and May feeding in open fields, "mixing 

 with titmice, kinglets and na thatches, the whole throng gaily and amicably flitting 

 through the shady woods, scrambling incessantly on and all around the branches of 

 the trees in eager, restless quest of their minute insect food." {Dr. Coues.) 



50. D. PALMARUM. (Gm.) Bd. Palm Warbler. Brownish olive above, 

 somewhat streaked; rump brighter; crown bright chestnut, superciliary line and 

 under parts yellow, with brown streaks; no wing bars, female similar; L. 5; W. 

 2^; T. 2I4. Abundant migrant ; rather terrestrial ; not as bright colored as most 



■of its congeners. They have a grasshoppery song, and go jetting their tails up 

 and down like the wagtails, build their nests on the ground near some swampy 

 thicket, and on the whole seem to have ideas of their own as unlike other wood 

 warblers as their plain dress and earthy ways, 



SEIURUS. Swainson. Water Thrushes. 



51. S. AUROCAPILLUS. (L.) Sw. Goldeti-crowned Wagtail. Oven-Bird. 



