22 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



A certain "Orange-throated Warbler, Sylvia auricollis^^ 

 is given as a migratory species of New England by Pea- 

 body (p. 309, and Linsl.^ p, 257). Auricollis is one of 

 the old names of the Prothonotary Warbler, and is used 

 by Nuttall (Man. i, 1840, p. 431) for that species. UjDon 

 what authority it has been inserted it is not apparent. 

 Prof. Baird has suggested to me that possibly the name 

 was used with reference to the Dendr(jeca dominica ( = 

 supet'ciliosa or pensih's of American writers), but there is 

 no good evidence that the latter, which is a Central 

 American and Southern States species ever straggles as 

 far north as 'New England. It is, however, given by 

 Linsley (p. 258) upon the authority of Mr. Peabody and 

 Dr. De Kay. 



The Sylvia montana Wils. has also, I believe, been 

 attributed to New England : but is a species which con- 

 tinues unknown to modern ornithologists. 



later ia viridis Bon. — Yellow-breasted Chat. Avery 

 rare summer visitor, not extending much if any north of 

 Massachusetts. 



Helmitherus vermivorus Bon. — Worm-eating Warbler. 

 Very rare summer visitant ; known to extend north into 

 Maine. ( Fen-., p. 21.) 



Helmitherus Swainsoni Bon. — Swainson's Warbler. 

 Entirely accidental summer visitor. A single instance of 

 its capture in Massachusetts, many years ago, by Dr. S. 

 Cabot, given by Audubon (Orn. Biog. v. p. 462), on the 

 authority of Dr. Brewer, appears to have furnished the 

 sole datum for its recofjnition as a New England bird bv 

 subsequent w^riters. (Peab., p. 313 ; Putn., p. 227 ; AIL, 

 p. 82.) I myself never saw it even so far north as Wash- 

 ington, D. C., and New England is wholly beyond its 

 proper range of ha1)itat. 



Helminthophar/a ru/icapilla Baird. (;S'. rubricapilla 

 of earlier writers). — Nashville Warbler. Chiefly spring 

 and autumn migrant, but some Ijreed throughout New 

 England. Common. 

 No 494, J. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



Hd raiufhophaga peregrina Cab. — Tennessee Warbler. 

 Chie y sprhig and autumn migrant. Very rare. A few 

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