240 jUXIotiltid.t;. 



Vermivora peregrina, Jard. ed. Wih. Amer. Orn. i. p. 372 (1832) ; 



JBp. Comp. List B. Eur. ^- N. Amer. p. 21 (1838) ; Nutt. Man. 



p. 469(1840). 

 Sylvicola peregrina, Hichards. Hep. Brit. Assoc. 1836-37, p. 171. 

 Helinaia peregrina, Aitdith. Syn. p. 68 (1839) ; id. B. Amer. ii. p. 96, 



pi. 110 (1841). 

 Muiotilta peregrina, Grm/, Gen. B. i. p. 190 (1848) ; id. Iland-l. B. i. 



p. 239, no. 3456 (1809). 

 Helmitberos peregrina, Bp. Consp. i. p. 315 (1850). 

 Helminthophaga peregrina, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 20, note (1850) ; 



Baird, B. K. Amer. p. 258 (1858) ; Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 373 ; 



Sah. &■ Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 31 ; Lau-r. Ann. Lye. N. Y. vii. p. 322 



(1861) ; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 29 (1862) ; ^Blakist. Ibis, 1862, 



p. 4, 1863, p. 62 ; Scl. Sr Sah. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 347 ; Lawr. Ann. 



Lye. N. Y. viii. p 174 (1865) ; Baird, Revieto Amer. B. p. 178 



(1865) : Sah: P. Z. S. 1867, p. 135 ; Lain: Ajin. Lye. N. Y. viii. 



p. 284 (I860), ix. p. 94 (1868) ; Von Frantz. J. f. 0. 1869, p. 293 ; 



Salvin, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 182, 836 ; Wyatt, Ibis, 1871, p. 322 ; 



Cones, Key N. Amer. B. p. 95 (1872) ; Scl. df Salt: Nomencl. Av. 



Neotr. p. 8 (1873): Coues, B. K.-West, p. 53 (1874); Baird, 



Breiver, 8,- Pidejic. Hist. N. Amer. B. i. p. 205, pi. 11. figs. 10, 11 



(1874); Laui: Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. iv. p. 15 (1876); Gundl. 



Orn. Cuba, p. 63 (1876) ; Coues, B. Color. Vail. p. 230 (1878) ; 



id. Bull. U.S. Geol. Surv. iv. p. 563 (1878) ; Merrill, Pr. U.S. 



Nat. Mus. i. p. 123 (1878) ; Scl. ^- Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 494 ; 



Sab: ^- Godm. Ibis, 1880, p. 117 ; iid. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. 



p. 117 (1880) ; Ridgw. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 16 (1882) 



Coties, Check-list, p." 36 (1882). 

 Sylvia missuriensis, Neuicied, J.f. 0. 1858, p. 117. 

 Helminthopliila peregiina, Ridqic. Bull. Nntt. Orn. Club, vii. p. 54 



(1882) ; Coues, Key N. Amer. B. 2nd ed. p. 295 (1882). 



Adult male. General colour above yellowish olive, a little clearer 

 on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lesser wing-coverts like the 

 back; median and greater coverts dusky, externally yellowish olive, 

 brighter yeUow on the extreme margins : bastard-wing dull brown, 

 externally shaded with ashy brown ; primary-coverts and quills 

 brown, externally margined with dull olive, yellower on the margins 

 of the secondaries, which have a narrow fringe of white at the tip ; 

 tail-feathers dull ashy brown, margined with yellowish olive, the 

 outer feathers fringed with white near the end of the inner web, 

 broader on the outermost, which has an obscure spot of dull whitish 

 towards the end of the inner web ; head and hind neck duU ashy, 

 slightly washed with olive-yeUow ; a narrow white eyebrow ; lores 

 dull ycUowish ; in front of and behind the eye a blackish spot, 

 the anterior and posterior margins of the eyelid also black ; upper 

 and lower edge of eyelid white ; feathers below the eye dull 

 ashy white, as well as the cheeks and malar line, the latter 

 slightly obscured with dull ashy tips to the feathers ; ear-coverts 

 dull white, with dusky olive margins ; under surface of body dull 

 white, shaded with olive-yellow on the breast and sides of the 

 body and flanks ; thighs and under tail-coverts dull white ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts duU white, slightly washed with 

 olive-yellow, brighter along the edge of the wing ; quills dusky 

 below, ashy whitish along the edge of the inner web : " bUl dark 



