BIRDS OF KORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 471 



Helminthophaga ruficaplUu (not ,'^i/lria ruficapiUu Wilson) Baird, Rep. Pacific 

 R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 923 (FortTejon, California); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, 

 no. 183, part; Review Am. Birds, 1865, 175, part. — Xantus, Proc. Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 141 (Fort Tejon).— (?) Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1858, 298 (La Parada, Oaxaca); 1859, 373 (Oaxaca); Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1862, 

 29.— (?) Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 477 (San Antonio, Texas).— Cooper, Orn Cal., 

 1870, 82.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 175, part (Utah).— 

 CouES, Check List, 1873, no. 67, part; 2d ed., 1882, no. 106, part; Birds N.W., 

 1874, 50, part; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 224, part.- Ridgway, Bull. Essex Inst., 

 V, 1873, 177 (Colorado; Utah; Nevada); vii, 1875, 21 (e. Humboldt Mts.^ 

 Nevada); Ibis, 1876, 170, part; Orn. 40th Parallel, 1877, 427 (East Hum- 

 boldt Mts., Sept.); Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 65 (Calaveras Co., Cali- 

 fornia, breeding); Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 85 part. — Baird, Brewer, 

 and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 191, part, pi. 11, fig. 8. — Henshaw^ 

 Rep. Orn. Spec. Wheeler's Surv., 1874, 41; Zool. Exp. W. 100th Merid., 1875^ 

 188 (Camp Crittenden, Arizona, Aug. 27 to Sept. 1). — Nelson, Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. N. H., xvii, 1875, 439 (California).— (?) Lawrence, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., no. 4, 1876, 15 (Santa Efigenia, Oaxaca, Dec, Jan.). — Belding, Proc. 

 U.S. Nat. Mus., i, 1879, 404 (Calaveras Co., California, breeding). — Salvin 

 and GoDsiAN, Biol. Ceutr.-Am., Aves, i, 1880, 115, part. 

 \_Helmmihophaga'\ ruficapilla Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 95, part. — Sclater 



and Salvin, Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 8, part. 

 H[elminthophaga^ ruficapilla Ridgway, Ibis, 1876, 168, part. 

 Helminthophila ruficapilla Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 242, 640, part 



(Presidio, near Mazatlan; Ciudad Durango). 

 Helminthophaga ruficapilla . . . var. Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 



Birds, i, 1874, pi. 11, fig. 8 (California). 

 [Helminthophaga ruficapilla.'] var. guttiiralis Ridgway', in Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgway's Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 191, in text (East Humboldt Mts., 

 Nevada- coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.). 

 Helminthophila ruficapilla gutturalis Ridgway', Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, Sept. 2, 

 1885, 352. — American Ornithologists' Union, Check List, 1886, no. 645a. — 

 TowNSEND, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 223 (Baird and Castle Lake, 

 n. California, breeding). — Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 295 (Tom Green and Concho 

 comities, w. Texas, migr. ). — Scott, Auk, v, 1888, 33 (Catalina Mts., Arizona, 

 Sept.). — Merrill, Auk, v, 1888, .360 (Fort Klamath, e. Oregon, breeding). — 

 Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 340 (San Antonio, Texas, migr.). — Rhoads, Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1893, 54 (Nelson and Vernon, e. British Columbia). 

 Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis Faxon, Auk, xiii, July, 1896, 264, in text. — 

 American Ornithologists' Union Committee, Auk, xiv, 1897, 131. — Mer- 

 rill, Auk, XV, 1898, 18 (Fort Sherman, Idaho, breeding). — Brooks, Auk, 

 xvii, 1900, 107 (Okanogan district, British Columbia). 



HELMINTHOPHILA VIRGINI^E (Baird). 

 VIRGINIA'S WARBLER. 



Adidt male in spring and summer. — Upper parts plain smoke gray, 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts bright 3^ellowish olive-green or olive- 

 yellow; crown chestnut, the feathers tipped with gray (except in worn 

 plumage); a conspicuous white orbital ring; sides of head rather paler 

 gray than upper parts, fading into grayish white on malar region and 

 lores; chest and (usually) throat clear lemon yellow (usually paler 



