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U. S. p. E. R EXP. AND SURVEYS — ZOOLOGY — GENERAL REPORT. 



HELMITHERUS VEEMIVORIJS, B o n a p . 



Worm-eating Warbler. 



? Motacilla rermhora, Gmelin, Sjst. Nat. I, 1768, 951. 



Sylvia vermivora, Latham, Ind. Dm. II, 1790, 499.— Wilson, Am. Orn. Ill, 1811, 74 ; pi. xxir, f. 4.— Bonap. Obs. 



Wilson, 1826.— Acd. Orn.Biog. I, 1832, 177 : V, 460 ; pi. .xxxiv. 

 Sylvia (Dacnis) rermivora, Nuttall, Man. I, 1832, 409. 

 Sylvicola rermivora, Kicii. List, 1837. 



Helinaia rermirora, Aid. Sjii. 1839, 66.- Ib. Birds Am. II, 1841, 86 ; pi. 105. 

 Helmilhervs vermivorus, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 314.— Cab. Mus Hein. 1850, 20. 

 Ficedvla pennsylvanica, Brisson, Orn. VI, 1760, app 102. 



Vermivora pennsylvanica, " Swainson," Bonap. List, 1838. — Gosse, Birds, Jam. 1847, 150. 

 Helmilheros migratorius, Rafinesque, Jour, de Phys. LXXXVIII, 1819, 417.— Hartladb, Rev. Zool.'l845, 342. 

 Vermivora fiUvicapilla, Swainson, Birds, II, 1837, 245. 



Sp Ch.— Bill nearly as long as tlie head ; upper parts generally rather clear olive green. Head with four black stripes and 

 three brownish yellow ones, namely, a black one on each side of the crown and one from behind the eye, (extending, in fact, a 

 little anterior to it,) a broader median yellow one on the crown, and a superciliary from the bill. Under parts pale brownish 

 yellow, tinged with buff across the breast, and with olivaceous on the sides. Tail unspotted. Female nearly similar. Length, 

 5.50 ; wing, 3.00 ; tail, 2.35. 



Hab. — Eastern United States to Missouri river ; south to Guatemala. 



The first three quills are about equal and decidedly longer than the fourth. The tail is 

 slightly rounded. A specimen from Florida is brighter olive above. 



List of specimens. 



Catal . 



No. 



2148 

 358 

 7565 

 10IU6 

 8670 



8309 

 8014 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Pa... 



do 



Washington . . 



, do 



Cape Florida . 



Independence. Mo. 

 Guatemala 



When col- 

 lected. 



April 26, 1845 

 May 12, 1841 



Sept. 25, 1857 



May 27, 1857 



Whence obtained. 



S. F. Baird 



do , 



W. Huttou 



J. 0. MeGuire . . 

 G. Wurdemann. 



Wm. M. Magraw . 

 J.Gould ... 



Orig'l 

 No. 



Collected by— 



Dr. Cooper. 



Length. 



Stretch 

 of wings. 



5.75 



5.75 



8.75 



Wing. 



Remarks. 



Upper mandible black- 

 i:^h, lower black, very 

 light legs. 



Iris brown, bill brown, 

 feet flesh color. 



HELMITHERUS SWAINWONII, Bonap. 



Swainson's Warbler. 



Sylvia swainsonii, Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 563 : V, 462 ; pi. cxcviii. 



Sylvicola smainsonii, Rich. List, 1837. 



Vermivora swainsonii, Bonaf. List, 1838. 



Helinaia swainsonii, Aud. Syn. 1839, 66. — Ib. Birds Anier. II, 1841, 83; pi. civ, (typo of genus.) 



Iltlinltlurut swainsonii, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 314.^Cabanis, Mus. Ilein. 1850, 20. 



Sp. Oh. Bill as Ion" as the head. Upper parts dull olive green, tinged with reddish brown on tho wings, and still more on tlio 



crown and nape ; a superciliary stripe and the under parts of the body are while, tinged with yellow, but palest on tho tail 

 coverts ; the sides pale olive brown. There is an obscure indication of a median yellowish stripe on tho forehead. The loreti 

 are dusky. No spots or bands on wings or tail. Length, 5.60 ; wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.20. 



Hab. — South Atlantic Stales. 



The bill of this species is on a line with tlie forehead, the upper outline nearly straight 

 almost to the tip, the lower quite so. The wings are long, the quills attenuated at tip ; tlu' 



