BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 



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and Kamtschatka : it is an excellent songster, and 

 warbles during the night : it is fond of perching 

 on the highest trees. 



BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Striata.) 



Sy. nigro-striata^ supra cinerea, subtus alba, vertice nigro, genis 

 mveis. 



Warbler striped with black; above ash-coloured; beneath white; 



crown black ; cheeks snowy white. 

 Sylvia striata. Lath. Ind, Orn, 2. 527. ^7'—VieiL Ois. de VAmer, 



Sept. 2. 22. — Wils. Amer. Orn. 4. 40. 

 Motacilla striata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. gjQ. 

 Black-poll Warbler. Pen.Arct. Zool. 2. 401. 2gO.—Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 4. 400. Qd.—Lath, Si/n. Sup. IL 243. 13.— Wils. Amer, 



Orn. 4. 40. pL Kxx.f. 3. male. 6. 101. pi. Liv. f. 4. female. 

 La Fauvette rayee ou Le Sailor. Vieil. Ois. de VAmer, Sept, 2. 



22. pi. 75. male. pi. 76. female. 



The male Black-poll Warbler has the crown 

 black : the upper parts of its plumage cinereous, 

 streaked with black: the wing-coverts and pri- 

 mary quills dusky ; the former with two bars of 

 white ; the secondaries are edged with white : the 

 cheeks and throat are white, the latter streaked 

 on each side with black : the breast and belly are 

 dirty white, longitudinally streaked with black: 

 the tail is dusky; the tips of the two outer feathers 

 with a large white spot : the legs are whitish : the 

 female wants the black crown 5 the double bar 



