_Dendroica tigrina. Case 8, Figs. 65, 66_
Male with chestnut cheek-patches and a white patch
on the wing; female and young streaked below, the
rump more yellow than the back; tail-feathers with
terminal spots. L. 5.
_Range._ Nests from northern New England
northward; winters in the tropics.
Washington, sometimes very common, usually
uncommon T.V., May 1-20; Aug. 4-Oct. 17. Ossining,
tolerably common T.V., Aug. 20-Oct. 1. Cambridge,
rare T.V., May 15-25; Aug. 25. N. Ohio, not common
T.V., May 4-18. Glen Ellyn, irregular T.V., Apl.
30-May 21; Sept. 8-15. SE. Minn., common T.V., May
8.
This beautiful Warbler was formerly considered one of our rarer
migrants, but of recent years it appears to be increasing in numbers. On
its nesting ground the bird is said to frequent the upper branches of
tall evergreens (though one of the few nests which has been found was
within three feet of the ground), but when migrating it may be found in
the trees of lawns, orchards, and woodland and I have seen it among
poke-berries. The Cape May's song is a thin squeak which is compared to
the songs of the Black and White and also Blackpoll Warblers.