246 BIRDS—SYLVICOLID. 
GENUS DENDRQ&CA. Gray. 
Bill conical, attenuated, depressed at base, compressed from the middle, distinctly 
notched. Rictal bristles short. Wings long. First primary nearly as leng as the sec- 
. ond. Tail slightly rounded. Tarsus long, slender, decidedly longer than the middle 
toe. Hind toe short, as long as the lateral, its claw as long as the digit. 
DENDR@CA @sTIVA (Gm.) Bad. 
Summer Warbler. 
Sylvia estiva, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 163, 182. 
Sylvicola estiva, READ, Fam. Vis., ili, 1853, 415; Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sei, vi, 1853, 395. 
Dendroica estiva, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1260, 364; Reprint, 1861, 6. 
Dendreca estiva WHwATON, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 563; Reprint, 
1575, 3.— LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 5; Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1878, 
112; Reprint, 3; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 13879, 171; Reprint, 5. 
Motacilla estira, GMELIN, Syst. Nat. 1, 17-8, 996. 
Sylvia westiva, LATHAM, Ind. Orn., ii, 1790, 551. 
Sylvicola estiva, SWAINSON and RICHARDSON, Fn. Bor. Am., ii, 1831, 211. 
Dendroica estiva, BArRD, Birds N. A., 1858, 282. 
Dendroaca estiva, SCLATER, Pree. Zool. Soc., 1859, 363. 
Golden yellow; back olive yellow, frequently with obsclete brownish streaks; breast 
and sides streaked with orange brown; which sometimes tinges the crown; wings and 
tail dusky, the latter marked wich yellow blotches. Bill dark blue; female and young 
paler; less or not streaked below. Length 54; wing 2%; tail 24. 
Habitat, North America. 
tinge of pale yellow on the breast. Dorsal surface, exclusive of nape which is clear 
ashy—washed with yellow, as are also the outer margins of the secondaries. _A narrow 
line of clear black passes from the base of the upper mandible, through and to a short 
distance behind the eye, interrupted, however, by the lower eyelid, which is distinctly 
white. No trace of black on the cheeks or throat, even upon raising the feathers. Bill 
black. Feet dark brown. Dimensions—length 5.19; extent 7.88; wing 2.45; tarsus .71; 
tail 1.86; eulmen .53. (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, 1 ) 
Habitat, Massachusetts. Connecticut. New York. Michigan. Less than a dozen 
examples known. 
HELMINTHOPHAGA LAWRENCII. Herrick. LAWRENCE’S WARBLER. 
Upper parts and rnmp olive green, a shade darker than in pinus. Wing bluish gray, 
with two white bands, the upper not so clearly defined as in pinus. Tail bluish gray, 
the three outer feathers with most of the web white, also a small white spot on the 
end of the fourth feather. Crown and under parts, from breast to vent, orange. A broad 
black patch extends from the bill through and beyond the eye. Chin, throat, and fore 
part of the breast black. A yellow stripe, commencing uider the bill, extends back 
between the black eye-and-breast-patches, and increates in width upon the shoulder. 
Length 4.50; wing 2.50; tail 200. Measurements from the mounted bird. (Herrick, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1874, 220.) 
Habitat, New Jersey. 
