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with yellow on throat and breast. Wing and tail 
feathers edged with ashy . : : . - virginie. 
Cinereous above; whitish beneath. Upper tail coverts 
chestnut-brown, as in the vertex. A dull patch of 
white’on outer tail feather . : - s - lucie. 
No concealed patch in the crown. 
Olive above; the head and neck ashy. Beneath, with 
lining of wing, white. A dull patch of white on 
outer tail feather . . . . . . - peregrina. 
From an examination of the recorded localities of Helminthophaga 
it will be seen that, of the eight known species, one (celata) belongs 
to the western and middle provinces—straggling into the eastern, 
especially along its borders; two (virginie and luciz) are confined 
to the southern region of the middle province; while the other five 
belong exclusively to the eastern province, most of them rather 
southern in their range. Of these five, pinus and ruficapilla have 
no West Indian localities given ; the others, chrysoptera, bachmant, 
and peregrina are very rare there, and found only in Cuba. Their 
distribution in Mexico and Central America is varied; but they 
hardly belong at all to western Mexico. The most notable feature 
in the distribution of both Helminthophaga and Helmitherus, is 
their not occurring in the West Indies at all except in Cuba, which 
may be merely a stepping stone in the migration between Florida 
and Central America, by way of Yucatan. 
Helminthophaga pinus. 
Certhia pinus, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 187.—Sylvia pinus, Latu., VIeILL. 
(not of Witson).—Helminthophaga pinus, Barry, Birds N. Am. 1858, 
254.—Sciater & Satvin, Ibis, I, 1859, 11 (Guatemala).—Scuarer, 
Catal. 1861, 28, no. 176. 
Sylvia solitaria, Witson, Am. Orn. II, pl. xv.—Avp. Orn. Biog. I, pl. 
xx.—Sylvicola sol. Rica.—Vermivora sol. Sw.—Helinaia sol. Aun. 
B. A. Il, pl. cxi.—Helmitherus sol. Boy.—Scuater, P. Z. S. 1856, 
291 (Cordova).—Helminthophaga sol. Cas. 
Hab. Eastern province of U.S. (rather southern): Eastern Mexico; Guate- 
mala. Recorded localities: Cordova, Mex.; Coban, Guat. Not noted from 
West Indies. 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex Wher 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Received from Collected b 
acer No. | Age. y Collected. y 
2,229 ve fof Carlisle, Pa. May 6, °45. 8. F. Baird. S. F. Baird. 
6,983 61 | o St. Louis, Mo. May 12,’57.| | Lt. Bryan. W.S. Wood. 
12,195 s Q Creek Nation. Aine Capt. Sitgreaves. | Dr. Woodhouse. 
30,670 | 3,817 Coban, Vera Paz. 1862. OY Balying #541" os eeteoee 
32,708 |32,620}] ¢ Mexico. mes Verrentis. -y4ir 4 '| eh.) eee 
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