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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF HELMINTHOPHAGA. 

 BY HEROLD HERRICK. 



Helmintliophaga Lawrencii, Herrick. PI. 15. 



Ui)per parts and inimp olive-green, a shade darker than in Pinus. 

 Wings bluish-gray with two white bands, the upper not so clearlj' 

 defined as in Pinus. Tail bluish-gray with the three outer tail- 

 feathers with most of the web white, also a small white spot on the 

 end of fourth feather. 



Crown and under parts, from the breast to the vent, orange. 

 A broad black patch extends from the bill through and behind 

 the eye. Chin, throat, and forepart of breast l>lack. 



A 3'ellow stripe, commencing under the bill, extends back between 

 the black eye and breast patches and increases in wndth upon tlie 

 shoulder. Length, 4.50. Wing, 2.50. Tail, 2. Measurements 

 from mounted bird. 



The bird from which the above description is taken I obtained 

 from my friend, Mr. D. B. Dickinson, of Chatham, New Jersey, in 

 whose collection I found it. Its capture, as nearly as I can 

 ascertain, was in Ma}^, ISt-l, on tlie bank of the Passaic, near 

 Chatham. The specimen is evidentl}' an adult male, and is so 

 clearly and strikingly marked as to preclude the possibility of its 

 being an unusua] form of Pinus or Chrysoptera, its nearest allies, 

 or a hybrid. Its general appearance is at first like Pinus with the 

 black eye and throat patches of Chrysoptera, but a closer exami- 

 nation shows little peculiarities that do not exist in either. Of 

 its title to a place in our Helminthophagas there can be no doubt, 

 and I take greater pleasure in recording it, because of its capture in 

 New Jersey, a section already so thoroughly worked up. For a 

 name, I think none can be so appropriate as that of my esteemed 

 friend, George N. Lawrence, Esq., in recognition of many ftivors 

 in the past, and of his untiring labors towards the promotion of 

 ornithologv. 



