_ _ Cherrie, Birds, San Jose, Costa'- Sioa* 



14. Dendroica blackburniae.— First arrivals were noted August 17, 

 1890, and the second August 20, from which time they were common 

 until the first of October, when they were very abundant and remained 

 so until the 7th, when all disappeared. The first arrivals were nearly a 

 month earlier than in the fall of 1S89. 



In a series of 50 Blackburnian Warblers taken chiefly in the vicinity of 

 San Jose there is not one in adult plumage. Perhaps the brightest bird 

 in the collection is a female, taken by the author October 3, 1890, with 

 throat and breast rich cadmium orange, but the white wing-patch is re- 

 placed by the two wing-bars of the young bird, and there is considerable 

 grayish brown in the upper plumage. While there are a few males and 

 females like the one described above, the bulk are very much paler, rang- 

 ingfrom the bright cadmium orange to a pale yellowish bufi-on the'throat 

 and the breast, with the crown patch almost obsolete, the back and streaks 

 on the sides dusky brownish. 



Auk, 8, July .1391. p. ^ 



