250 MNIOTILTID^. 



Mniotilta auricollis, Gray, Gm. B. i. p. 196 (1848). 



Helmitheros protonotarms, B}). Cotisp. i. p. 314 (1850). 



Helminthophaga protonotarius, Cab. Mus. Hein. Th. i. p. 20 (1850). 



Protonotana citrea, Baird, B. N. Amer. p. 239 (1858) ; Gundl. J. f. 

 O. 18G1, p. 324; Scl. Cat. Amer. B. p. 26 (1862); Baird, Review 

 Amer. B. p. 173 (1865) ; Laior. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 94 (1868) ; 

 Von Frantz. J.f. 0. 1869, p. 292 ; Scl. Sr Salv. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 780 ; 

 Coues, Key N.Amer. B. p. 93 (1872); Snore, B. Kansas, p. 4 

 (1873) ; Scl Sf Salv. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 8 (1873) ; Coues, B. N.- 

 7res<,p.47 (1874) ; Baird, Breiver, Sf Ridgw. Hist. N. Amer. B.i. 

 p. 184, pi. 10. fig'. 8 (1874) ; Gundl. Orn. Cuba, p. 62 (1876) ; 

 Coues, B. Color. Vail p. 210, note (1878) ; Ridyto. Proc. U.S. 

 Nat. Mus. iii. p. 171 (1880) ; Salvin Sr Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., 

 Aves, i. p. Ill (1880) ; Ridytv. Bidl. U.S.Nat. Mus. no. 21, p. 16 

 (1881) ; Coues, Check-list, p. 34 (1882) ; id. Key N. Amer. B. 2nd 

 ed. p. 291 (1884). 



Helminthophaga citrea. Cab. J.f. 0. 1861, p. 85. 



Adult male. General colour above olive-yellow on the mantle and 

 upper back, the lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts clear slaty 

 grey ; lesser and median wing-coverts like the back ; greater series 

 clear slaty grey, slightly washed with olive-yellow ; bastard-wing 

 feathers black, internally washed with slaty grey and rather broadly 

 edged with white ; primary-coverts and quills blackish, externally 

 slaty grey ; centre tail-feathers dark slaty grej-, with longitudinal 

 blackish centres, the remainder black, edged with slaty grey, the inner 

 webs white except at the ends, which are blackish like the outer 

 web ; entire head and hind neck golden yellow ; entire face, sides of 

 neck, and under surface of body also golden yellow, inch;ding the 

 thighs ; under tail-coverts white ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 white, externally bright yellow, the edge of the wing brilliant 

 yellow ; quills dusky below, ashy white along the inner web : " bill 

 brownish black ; feet and claws greyish blue ; iris hazel" {Audu- 

 bon). Total length 5-4 inches, culmen 0-65, wing 2-S.5, tail 2, 

 tarsus 0-7. 



Adult fem,ale. Similar to the male, but duller in colour, and the 

 head and neck washed with the olive-yellow of the back ; the yellow 

 of the under surface paler than in the male. Total length 4'5 inches, 

 culmen 0'6, wing 2-7, tail 1-8, tarsus 0'7. 



Hab. Eastern United States, rather southerly ; north casually 

 to Maine and New Brunswick ; west to Missouri, Kansas, Indian 

 Territory, and Texas (Coues). Winters in Central America from 

 Mexico to Panama (S. 6{ G.). Colombia and Venezuela. Cuba. 



a. Ad. sk. North America. Zoological Society. 



b. <S ad. sk. Chicago, lUiuois, May 11 {H. R. B. Sharps, Esq. [P.]. 



K. Coale). 



c. S ad. sk. Hvde Park, Illinois, April 26 Pt. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



■(//. K. Coale). 



d. (S ad. sk. Wheatland, Indiana, April 17 U.S. Nat. Museum [P.]. 



{R. Ridyway). 



e. $ ad. sk. Knox Co.,' Indiana, May 25 U.S. Nat. Museum [P.]. 



{R. Ridyway). 



f. Ad. sk. Santa Martha, Colombia. Sclater Collection. 



