60 MNIOTILTID^. 



Genus PROTONOTARIA, Baird. 



Protonotaria citrea {Bodd.). 



(Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Protonotaria citrea, Coues, Birds N.- West, p. 47 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer 

 Sr Hidffw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 184 (1874) ; Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Ajner., Aves, i. p. Ill (1880); Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 

 p. 249 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier.mmml. p. 88 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. V. p. 97 (1906). 



The eggs of the Golden Swamp-Warbler are spheroidal in shape 

 and moderately glossj\ They are pinkish-white, more or less 

 profusely mottled and blotched with reddish-brown, pale purple, 

 and lilac. They measure from -63 to '7 in length, and from -52 to 

 *56 in breadth. 



5. Mount Carrael, Illinois (R. Ridg- Salvin-Godman CoU. 



way : Henshaw Coll.). 

 1. Mount Carmel {R.R.: HensJiaiv Salvin-Godman GoU. 



Coll.). 

 1. Burlington, Iowa, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus VERMIVORA, Swains. 

 Vermivora pinus (Linn.). 



Helminthophaga pinus, Baird, Brewer Sf Ridffic. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 195 (1874) ; Salv. ^ Godm. Biol. Cen'tr.-Amei-., Aves, i. p. 117 



(1880). 

 Helmiuthophila pinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. .x. p. 237 (1885) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899). 

 Vermivora pinus, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 98 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Blue-winged Warbler are of a more or less 

 broad oval shape, slightlj' pointed at one end, and somewhat glossy. 

 The ground-colour is white, and the purplish-red and lilac markings 

 are mostly confined to the larger end, forming, in one example, an 

 irregular cap. They measure respectively "58 by -49 and "62 

 by -46. 



2. Connecticut, May. W. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Vermivora celata {Say). 

 (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Helminthophaga celata, var. celata, Baird, Brewer S,- Ridgiu. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p'. 202 (1874). 

 Helminthophaga celata, Coues, Birds Color. Valley, p. 226 (1878) ; Salv. ic 



Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 116 (1880). 



