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Range. — Breeds in the Lower Austral Zone from northeastern Oklahoma, 

 southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and southeastern 

 Virginia (Warwick County) south to Louisiana and northern Florida. Winters 

 in Jamaica and southern Yucatan; migrates through Cuba and the Bahamas. 

 Casual in Nebraska, Texas, and Vera Cruz. 



Gentjs HELMITHEROS Rafinesque. 



Helmitheros Rafinesque, Journ. de Physique, LXXXVIII, 1819, 418. 

 Type, by orig. desig., Helmitheros migratorius Rafinesque = Motadlla 

 vermivora Gmelin. 



Hehnitheros vermivorus (Gmelin). Worm-eating Warbler. [639.] 



Motacilla vermivora Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. ii, 1789, 951. Based mainly 

 on The Worm eater Edwards, Gleanings, 300. (in Pennsylvania = 

 Philadelphia.) 



Range. — Breeds mainly in the L^pper Austral Zone from southern Iowa, 

 northern Illinois, western New York, southeastern and southwestern Pennsyl- 

 vania, and the Hudson and Connecticut River valleys south to southern 

 Missouri, northern Alabama, northern Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, and the 

 mountains of South Carolina (casually farther south). Winters from Chiapas 

 to Panama, in Cuba and the Bahamas, and rarely in Florida. Casual in 

 Massachusetts, Vermont, southern Ontario, and southern Wisconsin. 



Gentjs VERMIVORA Swainson. 



Vermivora Swainson, Philos. Mag., n.s., I, No. 6, June, 1827, 434. Type, 

 by monotypy, Sylvia solitaria Wilson = Certhia pinus Linnaeus. 



Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus). Golden-winged Warbler. [642.] 



Motacilla chryso-pUra Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, 1766, 333. Based on 

 The Golden-winged Flycatcher Edwards, Gleanings, 189. (in Penn- 

 sylvania = Philadelphia, Pa.) 



Range. — Breeds in the Transition Zone from central Minnesota, south- 

 eastern Ontario, and Massachusetts south to southern Iowa, northern Illinois, 

 northern Indiana, northern New Jersey, and in the mountains to northern 

 Georgia. Winters from Guatemala to Colombia and Venezuela, and casually 

 in southern Mexico. Very rare in Florida and southern Georgia (crossing the 

 Gulf of Mexico in migration); casual in Kansas, accidental in Manitoba and 

 Cuba.i 



Vermivora pinus (Linnaeus). Blue -winged Warbler. [641.] 



Certhia Pinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, I, 1766, 187. Based largely 

 on The Pine-Creeper Edwards, Gleanings, 140. (in America septen- 

 trionali = Philadelphia, Pa.) 



1 For the hybrid forms V. leucobrdnchialis Brewster and V. laivrencei Her- 

 RiCK, see Hypothetical List. 



