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ZOOLOGY. 
DENDROICA NIGRESCENS, Baird. 
Black-tlu-oated Gray Warbler. 
Sylvia nigrescens, Townsend, J. A. N. Sc. Ph. VII, n, 1837, 191.— Ib. Narrative, 1839, 341.— Aud. Orn. Biog. V, 
1839, 57; pi. 395. 
Vermivora nigrescens, Bonap. List, 1838. — Nut-tall, Man. I, 2d ed. 1840, 471. 
Sylvicola nigrescens, Aud. Syn. 1839, 60. — Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 62; pi. 94. — Bonap. Consp. 1850, 308. 
Rhimanphus nigrescens, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850, 20. 
Dendroica nigrescens, Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 270. 
Sp. Ch.— Head all round, fore part of the breast, and streaks on the side of the body, black; rest of under parts, a stripe on 
the side of the head, beginning acutely just above the middle of the eye, and another parallel to it, beginning at the base of the 
under jaw (the stripes of opposite sides confluent on the chin) and running further back, white. A yellow spot in front of the 
eye. Rest of upper parts bluish gray. The interscapular region and upper tail coverts streaked with black. Wing coverts 
black, with two narrow white bands; quills and tail feathers brown, the two outer of the latter white, with the shafts and a 
terminal streak brown; the third brown, with a terminal narrow white streak. Bill black; feet brown; iris brown. Length, 
5.25 to 6.38; extent, 7.75; wing, 2.30; tail, 2.10. 
Hab. —Pacific coast of United States; Fort Thorn, New Mexico. 
Moderately abundant near Fort Steilacoom. Generally found on oak trees. Habits much 
like those of the D. Audubonii. It generally arrives from the south about the first week in 
April.—S. 
I only saw one pair of the dusky warbler at Puget Sound, which seemed to have a nest, 
though I sought for it in vain. Townsend found it 1 ‘ abundant in the forests of the Columbia.”— 
(Nutt.) Its song is faint and unvaried.—C. 
DENDROICA CORONATA, Gray. 
Yellow-rumped Warbler. 
Motacilla coronata, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 333. — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 974, (male.) 
Sylvia coronata, Latham, Index. Orn. II, 1790,538.— Vieillot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 24; pi. Ixxviii, Ixxix.— 
Wilson, Am. Orn. II, 1810, 138; pi. xvii, f. 4, (summer)—II, 356; pi. xlv, f. 3, (winter.)— 
Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 361.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 303; pi. cliii. 
Sylvicola coronata, Swainson, F. Bor. Am. II, 1831, 216.— Bonap. List, 1838.— Ib. Conspectus, 1850, 307.— Aud. 
Synop. 1839, 76.— Ib. Birds Amer. II, 1841, 23; pi. lxxvi. 
Dendroica coronata, G. R. Gray, Genera, 2d ed. Suppl. 1842, 8.— Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 272. 
Sp. Ch. —Above bluish ash, streaked with black. Under parts white. The fore part of breast and the sides black, the 
feathers mostly edged with white. Crown, rump, and sides of breast yellow. Cheeks and lores black. The eyelids and a 
superciliary stripe, two bands on the wing and spots on the outer three tail feathers, white. Female of duller plumage and 
browner above. Length, 5.65; extent, 9.25; wing, 3.00; tail, 2.50; iris brown; bill and feet black. 
Hab. —Eastern North America to the Missouri plains. Stragglers seen on Puget Sound. 
On the 1st of May, 1856, I obtained a bird, which, according to the description in Audubon’s 
synopsis, appeared to belong to the present species, the “white throat” being present. In 
all other respects this bird resembled the S. Audubonii. It was shot in the same situation 
frequented by birds of the latter species, and its habits appeared identical.—S. 
I saw, on Whidby’s island, in April, two of the yellow-crowned warbler, similar to the last, 
and noticing the distinguishing white color of the chin, besides other less prominent differences, 
I shot one. It seemed to agree exactly with the eastern bird, and is a curious but not the 
only instance of two so closely allied species being found in the same region. As these are 
the only ones I met with, it must be rare in the Territory. My specimen was unfortunately 
lost.—C. 
