246 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



263. Dendroica dominica (Linn.). 



Yellow-throated Warbler 663. Rare spring and summer visitant in the 

 southern counties of the State. In the winter of 1885, I found this 

 species in small flocks feeding in pine, palmetto and oak trees, along 

 the St. Johns river, from Palatka, southward. 



264 *D. virens (GmeL). 



Black-throated Green Warbler. 667. Common migrant, May and Sep- 



* tember. Given by the Messrs. Baird as breeding in Cumberland county. 



July, 1881, I saw two of these birds in Schuylkill county, have also on 



two or three occasions seen individuals of this species in Chester county 



in the summer. 



265. D. townsendi (Nutt.). 



Townsend's Warbler. 668. Accidental. An adult male of this decidedly 

 western species,* was shot by Mr. C. D. Wood, of Philadelphia, May 

 12, 1868, in an apple orchard, near Coatesville, Chester county. The 

 specimen was sold ($40) to Dr. Turnbull, and after his death was pur- 

 chased by Barney Hoopes, Esq., of Philadelphia, who subsequently dis- 

 posed of it to the late John Krider, of Philadelphia. 



266. *Z>. vigor sii (Aud.). 



Pine Warbler. 671. Migrant; spring and fall. Given by the Messrs. 

 Baird as breeding in Cumberland county. " During certain mild and 

 open winters, w r e are informed by reliable authority, that it is common 

 in pine forests in the vicinity of Brighton, Ne\v Jersey. An instance 

 is recorded where a stray individual was met in Philadelphia in mid- 

 winter." Gentry. In February, March and April, 1885, I found this 

 species, to be quite common in the Florida pine forests, along the St. 

 John's river. 



267. D. palmarum (GmeL), 



Palm Warbler. 672. "In spring, brownish-olive, rump and upper tail- 

 coverts brighter yellowish-olive, back obsoletely streaked with dusky, 

 crown chestnut; superciliary line (i. e. streak over eye) and entire 

 under parts rich yellow, breast and sides with reddish-brown streaks, 

 somewhat as in the Summjer Warbler ; a dusky loral line running 

 through eye ; no white wing-bars, the wing coverts and inner quills 

 being edged with yellowish-brown ; tail spots at very end of inner webs 

 of two outer pairs of tail-feathers only, and cut squarely off a pecu- 

 liarity distinguishing the species in any plumage. Female not particu- 

 larly different from the male. Young: An obscure-looking object^ 

 brownish above like a young Yellow-rump, but upper tail-coverts yel- 

 lowish-olive, and under tail-coverts apt to show quite bright yellow in 

 contrast with the dingy yellowish-white or brownish-white of other 

 under parts ; pectoral (breast) arid, lateral streaks obscure ; crown gener- 

 ally showing chestnut traces ; but in any plumage, known by absence of 

 white wing-bars and peculiarity of the tail spots. Length, 5 ; extent, 

 about 8 ; wing, 2g ; tail, 2| inches. Habitat. Eastern North America, 

 abundant ; north to Labrador, Hudson's Bay, Fort Resolution, etc., 

 breeds only beyond the United States, excepting Maine." Coues. I am 

 inclined to think that the white spots at the ends of the two outer tail 

 feathers cannot, in all cases, be regarded as a diagnostic mark, as I 

 have seen specimens of this species with the third feather narrowly 

 tipped with white. 



* " Habitat. Western North America, chiefly near Pacific coast, north to Sitka, Alaska ; east, 

 during migrations to Rocky Mountains; in winter from southern California to Guatemala." 

 Ridgway^s Manual K. A. Birds. 



