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SYLVIA STRIATA. 
and eight and a half in extent ; crown and hind head, 
black ; cheeks, pure white ; from each lower mandible 
runs a streak of small black spots, those on the side 
larger ; the rest of the lower parts, white; primaries, 
black, edged with yellow ; rest of the wing’, black, edged 
with ash ; the first and second row of coverts, broadly 
tipt with white ; back, ash, tinged with yellow ochre, 
and streaked laterally with black ; tail, black, edged 
with ash, the three exterior feathers, marked on the 
inner webs with white ; bill, black above, whitish 
below, furnished with bristles at the base ; iris, hazel ; 
legs and- feet, reddish yellow. 
The female differs very little in plumage from the 
male. 
119. SYLVIA STRIATA , LATHAM AND WILSON. 
BLACK-POLL WARBLER. 
WILSON, PLATE LIT. FIG. IV. — FEMALE. 
This bird was shot in the same excursion with the 
Cape May warbler described at page 133, and is intro- 
duced here for the purpose of preventing future col- 
lectors, into whose hands specimens of it may chance 
to fall, from considering it as another and a distinct 
species. It doubtless breeds both here and in New 
Jersey, having myself found it in both places during the 
summer. From its habit of keeping on the highest 
branches of trees, it probably builds in such situations, 
and its nest may long remain unknown to us. 
Pennant, w r ho describes this species, says that it 
inhabits during summer Newfoundland and New York, 
and is called in the last sailor . This name, for which, 
however, no reason is given, must be very local, as the 
bird itself is one of those silent, shy, and solitary indi- 
viduals, that seek the deep retreats of the forest, and 
are known to few or none but the naturalist. 
Length of the female black-cap, five inches and a 
quarter, extent, eight and a quarter; bill, brownish 
black ; crown, yellow olive, streaked w ith black ; back, 
