BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 459 



10»;.7-116.8 (110.7); win^-, 5t).6-61.5 (5S.1>); tail, 1:2.7-4(^.7 (44.2); 

 exposed ciilmen, 11.2-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 17-17.5 (17.3).' 



Irmnature viale in first autumn. — Similar to the adult male, l)ut 

 crown entirely gray. 



Adult feiiiaJe. — Much duller than the male, and without ))lack on 

 crown, throat, or chest; yellow of forehead indistinct, not sharply 

 separated from gray of crown; olive-green of l)ack, etc., more grayish; 

 chest and sides of breast strongly shaded with gray; length (skins), 

 106.7-110.5 (109.2); wing, 57.9-59.7 (58.7); tail, 43.7-45 (44.4); exposed 

 culmen, 10.9-11.9 (11.4); tarsus, 17-17.3 (17.3).' 



Austroriparian district (humid division of Lower Austral life-zone) 

 of eastern United States; north to southeastern Virginia (Ayletts, 

 King William County), southern Indiana (Knox and Decatur coun- 

 ties — accidental in last?), and southeastern Missouri (Dunklin County); 

 Cuba in winter. 



Sijlvia hachmani Audubon, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 483, pi. 183 (Charleston, South 

 Carolina; type in coll. U. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



Sylvicola bacJimanl Richardson, Rep. Brit. Assoo. for 1836 (1837), 172. 



Vermivora hachmani Bonaparte, Geog. and Conij). List., 1838, 21. 



Helinaia bachmanii Audubon, Synopsis^, 1839, 68; Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 93, 

 pi. 108.— Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 18(i0, 307 (Cuba).— Lemeeye, 

 Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, 36, pi. 6, fig. 1. 



MlniotiUa^ hachmani Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



IMniotilta'] hachmani Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 239, no. 3460. 



[Helmitheros\ feac/Hnajit Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 315. 



Hdminthophaga bachmanii Gundlach, Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 475 (Cuba); 1861, 

 326, 409 (do. ) ; 1874, 411 (do. ) ; Repert. Fisieo-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 322 (do.) .— 

 Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 255; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 

 182; Review Am. Birds, 1864, 175.— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 64; 2d ed., 

 1882, no. 103; Birds Col. ^'al., 1878, 214, footnote.— Baird, Brewer, and 

 RiDGWAY, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 194, pi. 11, fig. 3.— Ridgway, Ibis, 

 1876, 170; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 78.— Cory, List Birds W. L, 1885, 

 7.— Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1882, 510. 



IHelminthophaga'] bachmanii Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 94. 



Hlelminthophac/a] hachmani Ridgway', Ibis, 1876, 168 (diagnosis). 



Helminthophila hachmani Ridgway', Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Jan., 1882, 53. — 

 Bailey, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 38 (South Carolina; descr. sup- 

 posed eggs).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 28 (Cuba); Birds W. I., 1889, 42; Cat. 

 W. I. Birds, 1892, 117 (Cuba). — American Ornithologists' LTnion, Check 

 List, 1886, no. 640. — Lawrence, Auk, iv, 1887, .35-37 (Lake Pontchartrain, 

 Louisiana), 262 (do.). — Brewster, Auk, iv, 1887, 165 (spec, of unknown 

 locality in Lafresnaye coll.); viii, 1891, 149-157 (Suwanee R., Florida; 

 habits, variations of plumage, etc.). — Merriam, Auk, iv, 1887, 262 (Som- 

 brero Key, Florida, Mar. 21).— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 348 (Key West, Flor- 

 ida) ; V, 1888, 428 (do., July 26); vii, 1890, 313 (Garden Key, Tortugas, 

 Florida, Mar. 26 and Apr. 9).- -Galbraith, Auk, v, 1888, 323 (Lake Pont- 

 chartrain, Mar.). — Chapman, Auk, vi, 1889, 278 (Oak Lodge, Brevard Co., 

 Florida, Mar. 21).— Palmer (W.), Auk, xi, 1894, 333 (Ayletts, King William 

 Co., Virginia, Aug.) . — Wayne, Auk, xii, 1895, 367 ( Wacissa R., n. w. Florida, 



^ Eight specimens. ^ Three specimens. 



