SYLVICOLIDH®, WARBLERS.—GEN. 32, 33, 34. 93 
bright, the back and throat patches not so well defined; young, with the 
blue glossed with greenish, and these patches obscure or wanting; but 
always recognizable by the other marks and very small size; 43-43; wing 
24; tail 13. Eastern North America; an elegant, diminutive species, 
abundant in high open woods, where it is generally observed fluttering 
among the smallest twigs and terminal foliage. Wus., iv, 17, pl. 28, f. 3; 
Nir 11090) AUD-, Mot, pl. ols Bp.,°238. i. a -« .« AMBRIGANA: 
32. Genus PROTONOTARIA Baird. 
Prothonotary Warbler. Golden-yellow, paler on the belly, changing to 
: olivaceous on the back, thence to bluish-ashy on the rump, 
wings and tail; most of the tail feathers largely white on the 
inner webs; no other special markings; bill entirely black, 
very large, at least $ long; 54, wing 23-3, tail 24. South 
Atlantic and Gulf States; straying, however, to Ohio, 
Fig. 36. Prothono- - : : 4 
tary Warbler. § Missouri and even Maine; swamps and thickets; not com- 
mon. WILS., iii, 72, pl. 24, f. 3; Nurr., i, 410; Aup., iii, 89, 106; Bp., 
PDE br Me MT rd: Kei ny cl ter tieeat oe Cod ad cs? . wipe POLI RAIA 
33. Genus HELMITHERUS Rafinesque. 
Worm-eating Warbler. Olive, below buffy, paler or whitish on the belly ; 
head buff, with four sharp black stripes, two along sides of crown from bill 
to nape, one along each side of head through 
the eye; wings and tail olivaceous, unmarked : 
bill and feet pale; bill acute, unbristled, un- 
notched, at least 4 long, stout at base; tail 
rounded; 54, wing 23, tail 2. The sexes are 
not particularly dissimilar. Eastern United g 
States, rather southerly, but north to Maine; = ¥Fi¢. 37. Worm-eating Warbler. 
woods, shrubbery and swamps; rather common. WILS., ili, 74, pl. 24, f. 
4; Nurr., i, 409; Aup., ii, 86, pl. 105; Bp., 252. . . . VERMIVORUS. 
Swainson’s Warbler. Somewhat similar; colors browner above, includ- 
ing the head, and more buffy below; a whitish superciliary line ; no decided 
markings anywhere; bill still longer, shaped something like a meadow- 
lark’s ; tail emarginate ; nearly 6 long. A rare and curious species, confined 
to the South Atlantic States; said to have occurred in Massachusetts, but 
this isa mistake. Avp., ii, 83, pl. 104; Bp., 252. . . . SWAINSONII. 
34. Genus HELMINTHOPHAGA Cabanis. 
*.* The bill slender and exceedingly acute, unnotched, unbristled. The follow- 
ing analysis will determine the species in adult plumage — not otherwise : — 
Tail feathers white-blotched — bluish, crown yellow, throat black, . .. ... . =... + « chrysoptera. 
— greenish, crown and all under parts yellow, . - . . . «+. + «+ + + pinus. 
— greenish, crown (partly) and throat black,. . . . . . . . « « bachmanii. 
—upper tail coverts chestnut, crown patch chestnut, . . . . . . + + lucia. 
Tail feathers all unmarked — upper tail coverts—yellow; crown patch chestnut, . . . . . . . virginie. 
—not yellow; crown patch—chestnut, . . . . ruficapilla. 
—orange brown, . . . celata. 
—wanting, . . . . peregrina. 
