DENDRCECA GRACIA. 
GRACE'S WARBLER 
DliNDRCECA GRACLE. Coiies. Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien,, p. 67 (1866). 
This beautiful little warbler is very unlike any other known to inhabit the United States. It was discovered by my friend, Dr. Elliott 
Coles, when stationed at Fort Whipple, in Arizona. His account of it is as follows. “First met with July 2d, 1864, in the pine woods covering; 
the summit of Whipple’s Pass of the Rocky Mountains. I saw no more on my journey into Central Arizona, till again among the pines at Fort 
Whipple, where it is a very common bird, being, in fact, as abundant as vireus or striata in our eastern forests. It will doubtless be found in the 
forests of the San Francisco Mountains. Its range seems to include all the pine tracts of New Mexico and Arizona, from near the Valley of the 
Rio Grande to that of the Great Colorado. It breeds about Whipple; how far south it may go in winter into Mexico, I am unable to say. 
“Arrives at Fort Whipple April 20th, and remains until third week in September. Almost exclusively pinieoline. An active, industrious, noisy 
species, possessing marked mnseicapiue habits, flying out from its perch to capture passing insects. Like many other diminutive birds, it ambi- 
tiously prefers to inhabit the tallest trees. It has several notes, one of which is the ordinary £ tsip/ emitted at all times by both old and young 
of most small insectirorous birds. Its song proper, only r heard in spring, consists of two or three loud, sweet whistles, somewhat shirred, followed 
by several continuous notes resembling ‘ chir-r-r/ in a wiry but clear tone. This note is of much power for the size of the bird. Another song, 
uttered wheu pairing, is much like that of Setopluuja ruticilla. The birds mate as early as May 1st, and doubtless raise two broods, as I have 
found newly -fledged young as late as the middle of August. 
Dendroeca Gracise has also been found by Mr. C. Wood, at Belize, Honduras, where it is quite common. Dr. Coues says that “they are 
rather smaller than my Arizona specimens, but otherwise quite identical.” 
The species may be described as follows : — 
Entire upper parts ash-gray; back and upper tail-coverts indistinctly streaked with black. A bar of black from the bill to near the back ol 
head; centre of the crown spotted with black. A yellow line from the bill over the eye, terminating in pure white. A black spot between the 
eye and the bill. Greater wing-coverts broadly tipped with white. Primaries brown, with light edges. Chin, throat, and upper part of breast 
bright yellow. Rest of under parts pure white. Flanks streaked with numerous black lines. Middle tail-feathers dark brown ; next has a small 
spot of white on the inner web ; the third has nearly half the outer web white, — and the remainder are pure white, except the shafts, which are 
brownish. Bill and feet black. The figures are of the natural size. 
The plant is the Rubus Occidentals — Wild Black Raspberry — and was drawn from studies kindly furnished me by my friend, Mr.W. J. Hats. 
