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37- D. .'ESTIVA. (Gm.) Bd. Sumvier Warbler. Golden Warbler. Chiefly- 

 golden yellow ; back olive yellow ; orange brown streaks on breast and sides ; 

 female similar, scarcely streaked. L. 5JS^ ; W. 2^ ; T. z]/^. An abundant summer 

 resident from late April until September. 



One of the few birds which refuses to incubate the alien eggs of the cow bunting 

 (Molothrus ater). "It frequently constructs a two-story nest, leaving the bunting's 

 eggs in the cellar; and at least one instance is recorded of the repetition of this 

 laborious and disagreeable work, resulting in a three-story nest, some seven inches 

 deep, with a cow-bird's egg in each of the two lower compartments. She deserved 

 better of fate than that her house should at last be despoiled by a naturalist. This 

 was a summer yellow bird, to whom the price of passing thus into history must 

 have seemed hard." (Z?;-. Cones.) The only species ranging regularly across the 

 continent. The summer warbler is a confiding bird, an agreeable singer, fond of 

 man's presence, nesting in orchards, yards, and even in crowded streets of towns. 

 In Kentucky I have heard it called the flax bird. 



38. D. C.ERULESCENS. (L.) Bd. Black-throated Blue Warbler, Rich 

 gray blue; a few dusky streaks on back; throat, sides of head, neck and sides of 

 body pure black, otherwise pure white below ; female dull olive greenish, obscurely 

 marked, known by the blotch on the primaries, L. 5^ ; W. 2^ ; T. 23^. An 

 elegantly colored species, not uncommon in woodlands during the spring and fall 

 migrations. 



39. D. CORONATA. (L.) Gray. Myi-tle Warbler. Yellow-rumped Warbler. 

 Bluish ash above, streaked with black ; white below, with blackish streaks ; four 

 yellow spots, the crown, rump, and each side of breast : females and young brown- 

 ish, with less yellow on head and breast. An exceedingly abundant and hardy 

 migrant, breeding in the West Indies and even in Alaska. Seen everywhere, in 



flocks, often associating with troops of sparrows. The earliest migrant. 



40. D. MACULATA. (Gm.) Bd. Magnolia Warbler, Back black with olive 

 skirtings; rump yellow; head clear ash; a white stripe behind eye; sides of head 



^black; under parts (except the white crissum) rich yellow, with black streaks con- 

 fluent on breast. Female similar, but with less black, and more olive. L. 5 \ W. 

 2^ ; T. 2. A very abundant and brilliant little migrant, common in woodlands^. 



41. D. C^RULEA. (Wils.) Bd. Ccerukan Warbler. Bright blue with black 

 streaks; white below; breast and sides with bluish lines. Female not streaked^ 

 greenish above, slightly yellowish below. L. 4^; W. 2^; T. 2. A regular but 

 rare migrant and resident nortii. In Central and Southern Indiana it is a more 

 common summer resident, and very abundant during migrations. A dainty species,, 

 often with the blue gray gnatcatcher in high tree tops. 



42. D. PENNSYLVANICA. (L.) Bd. Chestnut Sided Warbler. Blackish 

 above , much streaked ; crown clean yellow ; black patch above eye ; pure white- 

 below ; a line of bright chestnut streaks along side ; wing patch yellowish. Female 

 similar, but with less chestnut and black. L. 5; W. 2j^; T. 2^. A common^ 

 migrant, easily recognized. Breeds sparingly in the North of the State. 



43. D. STRIATA. (Forst.) Bd. Black-Poll Warbler. Whole crown pure 

 black ; black and olivaceous, almost everywhere streaked. Female more olivaceous. 

 L. 5/^; W. 3; T. 2J^. Common; the last to migrate. "When the biack-polls 

 appear in force the collecting season is about over." [Coues.) 



44. D, BLACKBURNI^, (Gm.) Bd. Oiange- Throated Warbler. Black 



