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Range (Eastern North America breeds) (XXXVI)

Eastern North America; breeds from the Gulf States northward to Anticosti; winters from Florida southward.

Washington, abundant T. V., Apl. 20 to May 20; Aug. 20 to Oct. 15; a few breed. Sing Sing, common T. V., May 2 to 28; Sept. 21 to Oct. 7. Cambridge, common T. V., May 1 to 28; Sept. 10 to 30. Nest, generally in bunches of Usnea "moss." Eggs, four to five, white, with rufous markings, chiefly in a wreath about the larger end, 66 x 47. During its migrations the Parula is very generally distributed, but when nesting it selects localities in which there is an abundance of Spanish or Usnea " moss."

In Florida the Parula's notes mark the beginning of a new ornithological year, and its song is so associated in my mind with the beauties of a southern spring that in describing it as a short, insectlike buzz I realize how largely its charm is borrowed from its surroundings. When the cypresses are enveloped in a haze of lacelike blossoms, and the woods are fragrant with the delicious odor of yellow jasmine, the dreamy softness of the air is voiced by the Parula's drowsy song. 650. Dendroica tigrina (Gmel.). CAPE MAY WARBLER. (See Fig. 1.) Ad. 8. - Crown black, slightly tipped with greenish; ear-coverts rufous, bounded behind by a large yellow patch on the side of the neck; back olive-green, broadly streaked with black; rump yellow or greenish yellow; a large white patch on the wing-coverts; outer tail-feathers with a large white patch on their inner webs, near the tip; under parts yellow, heavily streaked with black; lower belly and under tail-coverts whitish. Ad. 2.- Upper parts grayish olive-green; rump yellowish; a yellow line over the eye; middle wing-coverts with narrow white tips; outer tail-feathers with a white patch on their inner webs near the tip; under parts yellow, streaked with WOOD WARBLERS. black; belly and under tail-coverts whiter. Im. 8. - Resembles the, but the wing-coverts have more white. Im. q. - Similar to ad. 9, but with little or no yellow on the under parts. L., 5.00; W., 2.61; T., 1.88; B. from N., 30.