BIRDS — SYLVICOLIDAE — PROTONOTARIA CITREA. 



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yellow on the throat and fore breast. Feathers of the head strongly tinged with greenish ; 

 secondaries, or some of them, edged with greenish yellow ; sides tinged with brown. 



Female in fall. — Whole upper parts light greenish olive^ strongly marked with yellowish 

 green between the wings. Throat, chin, and fore part of breast yellow ; across the throat 

 slightly tinged with reddish brown. Lower parts dirty white, passing to pale yellow about the 

 vent ; edges of secondaries like the head. 



List of specimens. 



PROTONOTARIA, Baird. 



The diagnosis of this section will be found in the synopsis of the genera under the head of 

 Mniotilttae. It is well characterized by its long, distinctly notched bill, and long wings, which 

 are an inch longer than the slightly graduated tail, (the lateral feathers about .12 of an inch 

 shorter.) The under tail coverts are very long, reaching within half an inch of tho tip of the 

 tail. The tarsi and hind toe are projjortionally longer than in the true warblers. The notch 

 and great size of the bill distinguishes it from the swamp warblers. 



The only North American species belonging to the group appears to be the old Sylvia 

 protonotaria of Gm. 



PROTONOTARIA CITREA, Baird. 



Prothonotary Warbler. 



"Molaoilla citrea, Boddaert, Tabl. pi. enl. 704, f. 2, 1783," (G. R. Gray.) 



J\IniollUa citreaf Gray, Genera. 



Motacilla protonotanus, Gmelim, Syst. Nat. I, 1788, 972. 



iSi/(t)!o yio(ojiofarius, Latham, Ind. Orn. II, 1790,542. — Vieillot, Ois. Am. II, 1807, 27; pi. l.'jxxiii. Wilson, Am. 



Orn. Ill, 1811, 72 ; pi. xxiv, f 3.— Add. Orn. Biojf. I, 1833, 22 : V, 18.38, 460 ; pi. 3. 

 Sylvia (Dacnis) proton otarivs, Bon. Obs. Wils. J. A. N. S. IV, 1825, 196. — Add. Orn. Biog. pi. 3, name on plate. 

 V'eiiiiivora protonotariuSj Bonap. List, 1838. 



Hdinaia protonotanus, Add. Syn. 1839, 67.— Ib. Birds Am. II, 1841, 89 ; pi. 106. 

 Helmilhervs protonotarius, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 314. 

 Compsolftlijpis protonotariits. Cad. Mus. Hein, 1850, 20. (Not type.) 

 Ftcedula canadetisis major, Brisson, Ois. Ill, 1760, 308 ; pi. xxvi, f. I. — Boffon, V, 316 : VI, 191 ; enl. 704, f. 2. 



Sp. Ch. — Bill very large ; as long as the head. Head and neck all round, with the entire under parts, including the tibiae, 

 rich yellow, excepting the anal region and under tail coverts, which are white. Back dark olive green, with a tinge of yellow ; 



