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VI. HELMINTHOPHAGA 
(A) Pinus. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. 
(No one, I believe, has reported the presence of this bird in 
New England, except Mr. Samuels. ) 
(a). About five inches long. Like the Prothonotary War- 
bler ; but rump (like the back) olive, wing-bars and tail-blotches. 
white (or nearly so), and eye-stripe, or lore, black. 
(b). The nest is placed on the ground, in wooded land. The 
eggs average about °70 X ‘55 of an inch, and are white, with 
a few reddish-brown spots about the greater end. 
(c). The Blue-winged Yellow Warblers, being foreigners to 
New England, I can only describe through others. Wilson 
says of this species that it “‘ haunts thickets and shrubberies, 
searching the branches for insects ; ‘is fond of visiting gardens, 
orchards, and willow trees, of gleaning among blossoms, and 
currant bushes; and is frequently found in very sequestered 
woods, where it generally builds its nest.” Mr. Samuels, whose 
account has been rejected by some ornithologists, says: ‘¢ In 
1857, in the month of May, about the 12th or 15th, I found a 
small flock in a swamp in Dedham, Mass. They were actively 
employed in catching flying insects, and were so little mistrust- 
ful, that they permitted me to approach quite near, and observe 
their motions. I noticed nothing peculiar in them; but they 
had all the activity and industry of the true arboreal Warblers.” 
(d). Dr. Brewer says that “‘in regard to the song of this 
bird, Mr. Trippe states that its notes are very forcible and 
characteristic. He describes them as a rapid chirrup resem- 
bling chwuchich, Kk-a-re-r' 7’ 7’ r' r' (!). According to Mr. 
Ridgway they are wonderfully like the lisping chirrup of the 
Coturniculus Passerinus” (or Yellow-winged Sparrow). 
(B) curysoprera. Golden-winged Warbler. 
(A rather uncommon, or even rare, summer-resident in Mas- 
sachusetts. ) 
(a). About five inches long. Above, slaty-blue. Whole 
crown and broad wing-bars, rich yellow. Below, white. Throat, 
