SiRDS — SYLVtCOLmAK — HELMlNTHOPnAGA CELATA. 



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List of specimens. 



HELMINTHOPHAGA CELATA, Baird. 



Orange-crowned Warbler. 



Sj/Wo celata, Sa*, Long's Exped. R. Mts. I, 1823, 109.— Bonap. Am. Orn. I, 1825, 45 ; pi. v, f. S— Bon. Syn. 



1828, 38.— Ndttall, Man. I, 1832, 413, (/Jocnis.)— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 449 ; pi. 178. 

 Sylvicola celata. Rich. List, 1837. 

 Vermivora celata, (Jardine,) Bonap. List, 1838. 



Helinaia celata, Acb. Syn. 1839, 69.— In. Birds Am. IF, 1841, KG ; pi. 112. 

 Helmilheros ccluta, Bonap. Conspectus, 1850, 315. 



Sp. Ch. — Above olive green, rather brighter oh the rump. Beneath entirely greenish yellow, except a little whitish about 

 the anus ; the sides tinged with olivaceous. A concealed patch of pale brownish orange on the crown, hidden by the olivaceous 

 tips to tllB feathers. Eyelids and an obscure superciliary line yellowish, a dusky obscure streak through the eye. No white 

 spots on wings or tail of female, with little or none of the orange on the crown. Length, 4.70 ; Wing, 2.25 ; tail, 2.00. 



Hab. — Mississippi river to the Pacific ; south to northern Mexico. 



In some specimens there is a narrow margin of whitish along the inner wehs of the tail 

 feathers. Sometimes, too, (3993,) the outer primary is edged with white. Some specimens 

 appear to be without the orange crown. Occasionally there is a faint trace of obsolete olivaceous 

 streaks on the breast. 



An immature specimen (10159) from Fort Umpqua, referred to this species, is much duller 

 in plumage, and shows a trace of two brownish bands on the wings. 



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