238 MNIOTILTID^. 



Remeio Amer. B. p. 174 (1865) ; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 

 p. 284 (1866); AUtn, Bull. Mns. Comp. Zool. Camhr. iii. pp. 124, 

 175 (1872) ; Coves, Key N. Amer. B. p. 94 (1872) ; Scl. cV Salt: 

 Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 8 (1873) ; Coues B. N.- West, p. 40 (1874) ; 

 Baird, Bretver, Sf Bidgiv. Hid. N. Amer. B. i. p. 195, pi. 11. fig. 1 

 (1874) ; Copies, B. Color. Vail. p. 214 (1878) ; Merrill, Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mu». i. p. 128 (1878) ; Salv. ^ Oodm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, i. p. 115 (1880) ; Bidyw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 16 

 (1881); Coues, Check-list, p. 35 (1882); Bmccard, P. Z. S. 1883, 

 p. 440. 



Mniotilta piniis, Gray, Ifand-I. B. i. p. 2P,d, do. 3455 (1869). 



Helminthophila i^mus,Bidf/u\Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club,vn. p. 53 (1882) ; 

 Coues, Key. N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 293 (1884). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish olive from the nape 

 to the rump, a little clearer yellow on the latter and the upper tail- 

 coverts : lesser wing-coverts slaty grey ; median and greater coverts 

 slaty grey, with large white ends to the outer webs, forming a white 

 wing-patch ; bastard-wing dark grey ; primary-coverts dusky, exter- 

 nally edged with slaty grey ; quills dusky, externally margined with 

 slaty grey, the inner secondaries washed with olive on the edges, the 

 primaries edged with slightly paler grey, the margin of the oiiter one 

 whitish ; nearly all the quills with a narrow margin of white at the 

 tips ; upper tail-coverts and tail-feathers slaty grey, the former slightly 

 washed with olive-yellow like the back ; the three outer tail-feathers 

 white for the terminal half of the inner web, with a small patch of 

 white near the end of the fourth feather ; forehead and sinciput 

 bright golden yellow, the posterior feathers tipped with yellowish 

 olive like the back ; lores and a narrow ring of feathers round the 

 eye, ending in a streak behind the latter, black ; cheeks, sides of face, 

 and ear-coverts golden yellow, the latter washed with olive on the 

 upper margin ; throat and entire under surface of body bright 

 golden yellow ; thighs and under tail-coverts white, the latter 

 washed with golden yellow near the vent ; axillaries white, with 

 golden-yellow tips ; under wing-coverts white ; quills dusky below, 

 white along the inner webs : " bill black, with a pale margin ; feet 

 and claws flesh-colour, tinged with yellow ; iris dark brown " 

 (Audubon). Total length 4'8 inches, culmen 0*5, wing 2'45, tail 

 1"95, tarsus 0'7. 



Adult female. A little greener than the male ; the frontal patch 

 more obscure and shaded with olive ; beneath duller yellow ; the 

 white tips to the wing-coverts smaller and less conspicuous, with a 

 slight shade of olive. Total length 4 inches, culmen 0-5, wing 2*2, 

 tail I'S, tarsus 0"6. 



Young, llesembling the adult female. 



Huh. Eastern United States, north to Massachusetts (doubtful) 

 and Minnesota, west to Iowa, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas 

 ( Coues) ; wintering in Mexico and Guatemala. 



n. Ad. .St. North America. Piu-chased. 



b. Ad. sk. St. Louis (Baird). Sclater Collection. 



c, ri. i^" $ ad. sk. Wheatland, Indiana, U.S. Nat. Museum[P.]. 



April (R. Bidgway). 



