362 ween 11311111111118.

111111111 and breast more or less mi.\ed 11'1111 _\1~111111'1sh.1111.773111111111' to the . but with moie _1111o1\ on 1111- 111111111. the 111.1111 sometimes being almost entirely 11111111'11111'\\'2111111l}1. 1... 71‘1“: \\'.. 2411; 'l‘..1"J:': 11.1mm \ ' [Mum-121'. -—'l‘11e bright yellow eheeks of this spee1es. 111 eoimeetion with the large amount of white in the 11111. 11'111 ser1'e to distinguish it in any

plumage. -

11.11111/(271‘111311‘1‘11 North America; breeds from northern Illinois and (‘on- neetieut northward to Hudson Bay and southward 11111111:r the Alleghanies to South Carolina: winters in 1111- tropies.

\\'ashington, \'er_1' eonnnon T. \'.. Apl. 2’1 to May '28: Aug. ‘21“ to Get. ‘21. Sing Sing. eonnnon '1'. \'.. Apl. 30 to June 3: Sept. 1 to ()1-1. 26; a few breed. Cambridge. \ery eonnnon S. 11.. May 1 to ()et. 171.

.1152, of small twigs and moss. lined with rootlets. tine grasses. and ten— drils. in eoniferous trees. fifteen to fifty feet from the ground. lily/1.1111”, white, distinctly and obseurely spotted and speckled 111111 olive-111111111 or umber. eliietiy at the larger end. '05 x '41}.

When migrating this species joins the ranks of the Warbler army and Visits wooded land (11' almost any kind. \Vhen nesting it prefers coniferous forests, where it. is :1 dweller among the tree tops.

While resembling its eongeners 111 general habits. the song of the Black—1'11roated Green is so unlike their generally humble ditties that the bird seems possessed of more eharaeter than they impress us with having. Mr. Burroughs graphically represents its notes by straight : :1 110101 method of musi ‘al annotation. but

lines: #1 —* V which nevertheless will aid one 111 reeognizing the bird's song. There is a quality about it like the droning of bees; it seems to \‘0100 the restfulness of a midsunnner day.

’1‘1'111'x. '11‘s \\'.111111.1:1=1’i’iv‘7. lI/«iulz'n/t'lz l")1‘1/.1'w/u{/).11 species of western

North .\n1e1'i1-a. has been onee reeorded from Pennsylvania.

670. Dendroica, kirtlandi Baird. l111:'11..1:~'11s,\\,111111.1-:.11 Ar].— llead bluish gray. sometimes spotted with 111111-11; lores and sidesof the throat H.101“ bat-k plummet! ashy. spotted with hltlt'lx': no white nine-bars; outer tail feathers with white pan hes on their inner 111-11s at the tips; under parts pale 1'111o11'. ' sides stle 111111 and spotted 111th 111:11-11. L.,:'1'75; W. ., 215".1‘ 2510' . B.f1'r11nN.,'3‘3, _

L’anyw.~—.\11erates through southeastern United States and Mississippi Valle1 1So11111 1‘111'11111111. Virginia. Missouri. Ohio. Miehigan, \ViseonsinY Illi— nois.M1t1111~sota): summer home 11111111111111: winters in the l’;alunnas.

\\'ashington. easual T. \'., one record. Sept. 25. HST.

'l'he dozen or more specimens of this 'are \Varbler whieh have been taken 111 the 1'nited States were :aptut'ed in late April and )111_’ and late September rand ()etober. 51x speeintens have been reeorded from 3111111": 111. all taken 111 )1:1\.an11 it is possible these birds \V'ete on route to 11 nesting ground in the Hudson l1.1_1'1'egien. It is not uncommon

in Winter in the Bahamas.