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a}. Wings plain olive-green or gray. 



6'. Inner -webs of three outer tail-feathers markeil with a larijo white spot, 

 extending to the shaft. 



Adult male: Forehead and lower parts j-cllow; a large patch of black 

 covering lower throat, chest, and upper breast; band across an- 

 terior pai't of crown black ; rest of crown, with occiput, rather 

 dull ash-gray; rest of upper parts, including ear-coverts, uniform 

 olive-green ; anterior half of lesser wing-covert region lemon-yel- 

 low ; quills dusk}', edged with light ash-gray. Adult female: With- 

 out black on crown, and that of throat and chest replaced by dusky 

 olive; otherwise much like male. Length about 3.95-4.50, wing 

 2.40, tail 1.95. (Bill more acute and decurved at tip than in other 

 Jlelmuithophila'.) Nest said to be placed " in low trees." Eggs (re- 

 puted) 4, about .74 X -60, dull white, heavily wreathed round 

 larger end with dark brown. {II. B. Bailey, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 viii. 1883, p. 38.) Hah. South Atlantic and Gulf States, from southern 

 Virginia and South Carolina to Louisiana ; western Cuba in winter. 

 640. H. bachmani (Aud.). Bachman's Warbler. 

 y. Inner webs of outer tail-feathers without white spot (if with broad white 

 edging, this not extending nearly to shaft). 

 c'. Upper tail-coverts olive-green ; wing 2.40, or more. 

 d}. Lores and part of ear-coverts black. 



Adult male: Above olive-green ; lower parts (including under 

 tail-coverts), suborbital spot, and forehead pure gamboge- 

 yellow ; length 4.75, wing 2.55, tail 2.00, exposed culmcn 

 .55, tarsus .75. Hab. Vicinity of Cincinnati, Ohio. 

 — . H. cincinnatiensis (L.wgd.). Cincinnati Warbler." 

 d*. Lores and ear-coverts without anj- black. 



e*. Under tail-coverts and axillars pure white ; no rufous or chest- 

 nut on crown, in any stage ; first quill equal to or longer 

 than fourth (usually longer, and sometimes longest). 



Adult male in spring : Top of head and hind-neck pure 

 ash-gray; rest of upper parts plain olive-green; quills 

 dusky, edged with light ash-gray ; sides of head 

 whitish, relieved bj' a gray postocular streak, or 

 mostl\- ash-graj-, relieved bj- a superciliary streak and 

 less distinct suborbital space of white; lower parts 

 white, the sides and flanks tinged with ash-gra^^ 

 (most strongl}- on sides of breast). Adult female in 

 spring : Similar to male, but graj- of head and neck 

 usually more or less tinged with olive-green, and whita 



• IletiHinthophnga cincinnnlUntiii Lasodos, Joar. Cinc. Soc. N.it. Hist. July, 18S0, 119, 1!0, pi. 4. 

 There nro stron;; f^rounds for bclic%*ing this bird to bo a hybrid between H, pinut and Oporomig formotfi, 

 (Sec on this point Bull. Null. Orn. Club, v. IJSO, p. 237.1 



