PROTOXOTARIA. 



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PROTONOTARIA, Baikd. 

 Protonotaria, Baikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 239. (Tyjje Motacilla citrea, Bodd.) 



Protoiiotaria citrea. 



Motacilla citrea, Bodd. Tabl. 1783 (PI. enl. 704, fig. 2).— Protonotaria 

 citrea, Baikd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 239.— Sclatek, Catal. 1861, 26, 

 no. 166. — GuNDL. Cub. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba; very rare).— i7eZ- 

 minthophaga citrea, Cab. Jour. 1861, 85 (Costa Rica). 



Motacilla protonotarius, Gm. — Sylvia prat. Lath. — Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. 

 II, pi. Ixxxiii. — Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, pi. sxiv, fig. 2. — Aud. Orn. 

 Biog. II, pi. iii. — Vermivora prot. Bon. — Helinaia prot. Acd. — Ilel- 

 mitherus prot. Bon. — Compsothlypis prot. Cab. Jour. 



Motacilla auricollis, Gmel. I, 1788, 984. — Sylvia aur. Lath., etc. (based 

 on Le Grand Figiiicr du Canada, Brisson, Ois. Ill, 1760, 508, pi. 

 xxvi, fig. 1). Female. — Sylvicola aur. Nutt. Man. I, 1840, 431. 



Hah. Eastern province of U. S. (southern region) ; Cuba, Costa Rica, and, 

 Panama R. R. IS'ot recorded from Mexico or Guatemala. Accidental in New 

 Brunswick (G. A. Boardman in letter). 



Locality. 



S. Illinois. 

 Independence, Mo. 

 Neosho Falls, Kans. 

 Cherokee Nation. 

 Punta Arenas, C. R. 

 Panama. 



When 

 Collected. 



May 9. 

 1857. 



June 25. 

 Jan. 1864. 

 1863. 



Received from 



R. Kennicott. 

 W. Jf. JIagraw. 

 B F. Goss. 

 Dr. Woodhouse. 

 Capt. J. M. Dow. 

 Cab. Lawrence. 



Collected by 



Dr. J. G. Cooper. 



(34,102.) Iris dark chestnut. 



HELMINTHOPHAGA, Cabanls. 

 Ilehninthophaga, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1, 1S50-1, 20. (Type Sylvia ruJicapiUa, Wils.) 



The discovery, since tlie article on Helminthophaga in " Birds 2^. 

 Am." was written, of two new species, allied to ruficapiUa, in having 

 a concealed brown patch in the crown, renders a new diagnosis de- 

 sirable of section B. 



B. Tail without any conspicuous white patch, and wings without 

 light bands. 



Concealed patch in crown orange-brown. Color uniformly 



olive-green above and yellowish beneath . . . celata. 

 Concealed patch in crown chestnut-brown. 



Olive-green above ; the head and neck ashy. Beneath, 



including lining of wings, bright yellow. Wing and 



tail feathers edged with olive ..... nijicapilla. 



Cinereous above ; the rump and crissum yellowish. 



Beneath, with lining of wings, dirty white, tinged 



