PROTONOTARIA. 173 
PROTONOTARIA, Barrp. 
Protonotaria, Batrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 239. (Type Motacilla citrea, Bopp.) 
Protonotaria citrea. 
Moiacilla citrea, Bopp. Tabl. 1783 (PI. enl. 704, fig. 2).—Protonotaria 
citrea, Batrp, Birds N. Am. 1858, 239.—Scuater, Catal. 1861, 26, 
no. 166.—GunpL. Cub. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba; very rare).—Hel- 
minthophaga citrea, Cab. Jour. 1861, 85 (Costa Rica). 
Motacilla protonotarius, Gm.—Sylvia prot. Laru.—Vi£111u. Ois. Am. Sept. 
Il, pl. lxxxiii.—Wutson, Am. Orn. III, pl. xxiv, fig. 2.—Avup. Orn. 
Biog. I, pl. iii.— Vermivora prot. Bon.— Helinaia prot. Aup.——Hel- 
mitherus prot. Bon.—Compsothlypis prot. Cas. Jour. 
Motacilla auricollis, Gmeu. I, 1788, 984.— Sylvia aur. Latu., etc. (based 
on Le Grand Figuier du Canada, Brisson, Ois. III, 1760, 508, pl. 
xxvi, fig. 1). Female.—Sylvicola aur. Nurr. Man. I, 1840, 431. 
Hab. Eastern province of U. 8. (southern region) ; Cuba, Costa Rica, and 
Panama R. R. Not recorded from Mexico or Guatemala. Accidental in New 
Brunswick (G. A. Boardman in letter). 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex Han 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Collected Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : 
10,112 as -. |S. Illinois. May 9. ReiKennicotiee, oie er ues 
7,516 Be .. | Independence, Mo. 1857. W. M. Magraw. Dr. J. G. Cooper. 
18,681 ad .. | Neosho Falls, Kans. opt Behe Gosse 1): .Pear (crete 
12,146 nc .. | Cherokee Nation. | June 25, Dr Wioed house: s|| 09 ve ecrcre 
34,102 oe do | Punta Arenas, C. R.| Jan. 1864. Capt./J-, M. Dow-t| 9) \ waceas 
oe -. | Panama. 1863. Cabi Lawrence! |) ©)... 
(34,102.) Iris dark chestnut. 
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HELMINTHOPHAGA, Casanis. 
Helminthophaga, Cas. Mus. Hein. I, 1850-1, 20. (Type Sylvia ruficapilla, Wits.) 
The discovery, since the article on Helminthophaga in “ Birds N. 
Am.” was written, of two new species, allied to rwficapilla, in having 
a concealed brown patch in the crown, renders a new diagnosis de- 
sirable of section B. 
B. Tail without any conspicuous white patch, and wings without 
light bands. 
Concealed patch in crown orange-brown. Color uniformly 
olive-green above and yellowish beneath . . . celata. 
Concealed patch in crown chestnut-brown. 
Olive-green above ; the head and neck ashy. Beneath, 
including lining of wings, bright yellow. Wing and 
tail feathers edged with olive . ; : . . ruficapilla. 
Cinereous above; the rump and crissum yellowish. 
Beneath, with lining of wings, dirty white, tinged 
