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perhaps entirely yellow there when mature. Inside of wings and axillars 
whitish. A white ring round the eye. Bill and legs dusky. 
Length, 5.00; extent, 7.25; wing, 2.50 when fresh. Dried skin: length, 
4.90; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.20; tarsus, .67. 
Of this interesting species, discovered by Dr. Anderson, and 
named after Mrs. Anderson, but a single specimen was known to 
collectors, until Dr. Coues obtained it at Fort Whipple, near Pres- 
cott, in Arizona (Aug. 15, 1864). 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex When 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Golleeced: Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. 
10,719 AG .. | #t. Burgwyn, N. M. ae Dr. W. W. Ander- | Dr. W. W. Ander- 
36,977 | 592 .. | &t. Whipple, Ariz. | Aug. 15, ’64.|/Dr. E. Coues, [son.|Dr. Coues.  [son. 
| : 
[U.8.A.| 
(10,719.) The type of species, 
Helminthophaga luciz. 
Helminthophaga lucie, Cooper, Pr. Cal. Acad. July, 1861, 120 (Fort 
Mohave). 
Hab. Fort Mohave, Colorado River (middle province U. S.). 
General form and size that of H. ruficapilla. Above light cinereous ; be- 
neath white, having a soiled, very pale buff, almost white tinge on the throat, 
breast, and flanks. A patch on the vertex, as in H/. ruficapilla, and the upper 
tail coverts dark chestnut-brown. Lores to nostrils, and region round the eye, 
like the throat, in rather decided contrast to the ash of the crown. Quills 
and tail feathers brown, narrowly edged externally with gray. An obsolete 
terminal white patch on the inner web of the outer feather; this web in most 
of the other tail feathers likewise narrowly edged with white. Avxillars and 
inner face of wings white. Iris brown. Tarsi blue. 
Length, in life, 4.40; extent, 6.90; wing, 2.40. Ofskin, 3.90; wing, 2.33; 
tail, 1.86; tarsus, .64; middle toe and claw, .50; bill above, .35; gape, .50. 
Of this species several specimens were collected at Fort Mohave,. 
on the Colorado River, by Dr. Cooper. The species is dedicated to 
Miss Lucy H. Baird. 
Smith- ata ts Sex 
i i F When : 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Received from Collected b 
No. No. | Age. Collected. y 
31,892 | .. |... | Ft. Mohave, Cal. | th | Dr: J. G.Gooper. |. Gees 
(31,892.) A type of the species. 
Helminthophaga peregrina. 
Sylvia peregrina, Wits. Am. Orn. IV, 1811, 83, pl. xxv, fig. 2.—Avp. 
Orn. Biog. II, pl. 154.—Sylvicola per. Ricu.— Vermivora per. Bon.— 
Helinaia per. Aup. B. A. Il, pl. 110.—Helmitherus per. Bon.— 
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