3. HELMIXTHOPHILA. 233 



breast dull ashy brown, the feathers of the throat being faintly 

 edged -with ashy. These greyish edgings to the feathers are also 

 seen in a male killed on the 8th of f ebruarj', and therefore the 

 greyish colour on the fore neck appears in the adult birds, while the 

 young ones have the under surface yellowish. So little, however, 

 is known about this species, that it is impossible to state the phases 

 of plumage correctly, especially as I have never seen a specimen 

 from the breeding-quarters of the species, and have been greatly 

 indebted to Mr. Edward Newton for the loan of four skins of bii'ds 

 killed in winter in Jamaica. 



Bah. Southern United States, wintering in Jamaica. 



a. 5 ad. sk. Jamaica, March 16. Edward Newton, Esq. [P.]. 



3. HELMINTHOPHILA. 



Type. 

 Helminthophaga, Cab. Mus. Hem. Th. i. p. 20 (1850, 



nee Bechst.) H. ruficapilla. 



Helminthophila, Ridyio. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii. p. 53 



(1882) H. ruficapiUa. 



Head of Helminthophila chrysoptera. 



Range. North America generally, throughout Central America, 

 and extending as far as Colombia and Venezuela ; Cuba. 



Key to the Species *. 



a. Rump and upper tail-coverts grey like the rest 



of the back ; three outer tail-feathers white 

 for greater part of inner web. 

 a'. Throat black ; ear-coverts black ; crown 

 golden yellow ; median and greater wiug- 



coverts golden yellow, forming a wing-patch chrysoptera (J, p. 235. 

 b'. Throat and ear-coverts ashy blackish ; crown 

 olive-}-ellow ; median and greater wing- 

 coverts tipped with golden yellow, formiug 

 a double wing-bar chrysoptera $ , p. 235. 



b. Rump and upper tail-coverts olive or olive-yel- 



low, only a little lighter than the back, which 

 is also olive. 



* The following species are believed to be hybrid Helminthophila by Dr. 

 Coues : — 



1. HeLMINTHOPIULA LAWRENCn. 



Helminthophaga lawrencii, Herrick, Proa. Philad. Acad. 1874, p. 220, 

 pi. IV. ; id. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, ii. p. 19 (1877) ; Coues, B. Color. Vail. 

 p. 214, note (1878); Ridgw. Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. iii. p. 171 (1880); 

 id. Btill. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 16 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list, p. 35 

 (1882). 



