82 NEW-YORK FAUNA BIRDS. 



(EXTRA LIMITAL.) 



T. tolmai. (Townsend, Ac. Sc. Vol. 8, p. 149. Audubon, B. of A. Vol. 2, p. 74, pi 100.) Olive. 



Head, neck and breast dark sooty ash. Lores and frontlet black. Columbia River. 

 T. delafieldi. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 2, p. 81, pi. 103.) Crown bluish ash ; frontlet and line through 



the eye black. Beneath entirely yellow. Length, 5 inches. California. 



GENUS VERMIVORA. Swainson. 



Bill short, rounded, about as long as the head, thick at the base, acutely pointed, straight, 

 entire. Nostrils elliptical. Bristles scarcely apparent. Tail moderate, nearly even. 



Obs. This genus corresponds nearly to the Dacnis of authors, and entirely with the genus 

 Helinaia subsequently proposed by Audubon 



THE WORM-EATING WARBLER. 



VeRMIVORA PENNSYLVANIA. 

 PLATE LV. FIG. 124. 



(CABINET OF THE LYCEUM.) 



Motacilla vermivora, Gm. Worm-eater, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 406. 



Sylvia vermivora. Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 3, p. 74, pi. 24, fig. 4. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 86. 



Audubon, folio, pi. 34; Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 177, and Vol. 5, p. 460. 

 Worm-eating Warbler. Nuttall, Man. Orn. Vol. 1, p. 409. 

 V. pensylvanica. Swainson. 



Helinaia vermivora. Audubon, Birds of Am. Vol. 2, p. 86, pi. 105. 

 H. id. t Worm-eating Sicamp Warbler. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 67. 



Characteristics. Olive ; beneath dull buff. Head striped above with black and buff. 

 Length, 5*5. 



Description. Second quill slightly longest. Tail even, slightly emarginate. Tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe. Nostrils partly concealed by the feathers. 



Color. Above deep olive green. Head and beneath buff; the head with two stripes of 

 black or umber brown on the crown, extending to the back of the neck ; and externally to 

 these, two narrower and shorter stripes through the eyes. Abdomen and under tail-coverts 

 pale. 



Length, 5 - 0-5-5. Alar extent, 8' 0-8" 5. 



This species feeds on spiders and other insects infesting trees. It lays 4-5 light buff- 

 colored eggs with a few reddish spots at the larger end. It is numerous in New-Jersey, but 

 has not been noticed as abundant in this State. It occurs here between May and September, 

 and ranges between the 23d and 55th parallels. 



