438 BULLETIN 50, FNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Helinaia su-ainsoni RiDGW .\\ , Bull. Xntt. Orn. Clul)., iii, 1S78, 163 (Knox Co., 

 Indiana); Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 121. — Newton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 

 552 (Jamaica). — Brewster, Auk, ii, 1885, 7G [65-80] (monographic), 346- 

 348 (descr. nests and eggs). — Merriam, Auk, ii, 1885, 377 (Jamaican rec- 

 ords). — Lawrenxe, Auk, iv, 1887, 37, 263 (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana). — 

 Beckham, Auk, iv, 1887, 305 (Bayou Sara, Louisiana; descr. habits and 

 song). — Galbraith, Auk, v, 1888, 323 (Lake Pontchartrain). — Cory, Auk, 

 viii, 1891, 296 (Bimini islands, Bahamas); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1S92, 117 (Cuba; 

 Jamaica). — Fisher, Auk, xii, 1895, 307 (Dismal Swamp, Virginia). 



Helomva smmnsoni Ridgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, 2; Aug. 24, 

 1880, 171; Norn. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 76; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 

 54 (Navarro Co., Texas). — Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Roy. Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 

 (18) (Rice, Navarro Co., Texas, Aug. 24).— :MERRiA>r, Auk, ii, 1885, 104 

 (Sombrero Key, Florida, Sept. 14-21). 



Yermivora swainsoni Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 21. 



M[_motilta\ swainsoni Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



{MniotiUa'] smdnsoni Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 239, no. 3464. 



Illeliidtheros'] szmmsoni Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 20, footnote. 



\_Helmitheros'] swainsoni Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 314. 



Helmitherus swainsonii Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 252; Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 179. 



HelmiOierus swainsoni Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1865, 180. — Guxdlach, Repert. 

 Fisico.-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 232; Journ. fiir Orn., 1872, 412 (Cuba).— Coues, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, 109 (South Carolina); Check List, 1873, no. 

 61.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 269 (St. Augustine, Florida, 

 Apr.). — Maynard, Birds Florida, 1873, 47. — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 190, pi. 10, fig. 9; iii, 1874, 504 (Florida).— Brown, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 172 (Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, Alalmma; 

 habits and song).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 27; Birds W. I., 1889, 41 (Cuba; 

 Jamaica). 



{^Helmitherus'] swainsoni Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 7. 



[Helmitherus'] sumnsonii Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 93. 



Helmintherus swainsoni Coues, Birds Col. Val., 1878, 212, footnote; Check List, 

 2ded., 1882, no. 97. 



H[elinintheri(s] swavmjiii Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 292. 



H\_elminthot}u'rus] s^vainsoni Sai.vi's and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 

 14, Aug., 1880, 112.— Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 105. 



Helminthotlier us swainsoni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 232 (Jamaica). 



Helmintfwphaga sivainsonii A'Li.E'S, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 513. 



Genus HEI^MITHEROS Rafinesque. 



Helmitheros Rafinesque, Journ. de Phys., Ixxxviii, 1819, 418. (Type, If. mirjra- 



torius Rafinesque, =^fot<tc ilia vermivora Gmelin. ) 

 Helmitherus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 250. 

 Helmintherus (emendation) Salvin, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, 135. 

 Helmithera (emendation) Sundevall, Tent. Meth. Av. Disp., 1872, 28. 

 Helminthotherns (emendation) SALvixand Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 



14, Aug., 1880, 112. 



Similar to Helinaia, but with the ])ill shorter, less compressed, with 

 culmen slightly curved and not conspicuously ridged, nor elevated 

 between nostrils; ninth primary longer than seventh (instead of 

 shorter); head conspicuously striped (four black inclosing three ])utl" 

 stripes). 



