OF NEW ENGLAND. 935 
slightly tinged with olive on the occiput. Greater and middle 
wing-coverts, yellow, not so bright as the crown. Superciliary 
line, cheeks, throat and entire under parts; silky-white, with 
a slight tinge of pale yellow on the breast. Dorsal surface 
-excltisive of nape which is clear ashy -— washed with yellow, 
as are also the outer margins of the secondaries. A narrow 
line of clear black passes from the base of the upper mandible, 
through and to a short distance behind the eye, interrupted 
however by the lower eyelid, which is distinctly white. No 
traces of black upon the cheeks or throat, even upon raising 
the feathers. Bill black. Feet, dark brown. Dimensions— 
length, 5-19; extent, 7°88; wing, 2°45; tarsus, °71; tail, 1°86; 
eulmen, °53. 
“Tt will be seen from the above description that this bird 
resembles most closely the Golden-winged Warbler (Helmin- 
thopaga chrysoptera.) 
‘‘'The entire absenee of black or ashy on the cheeks and 
throat, the peculiar character of the superciliary line, and the 
white lower eyelid, present however differences not to be recon- 
- ciled with any known seasonal or accidental variation of that 
species. The restricted line of black through the eye gives 
the head a remarkable similarity to that of Helminthophaga 
pinus, but the semblance goes no farther. 
*“The specimen above deseribed was shot by the writer in 
Newtonville, Mass., May 18,1870. It was in full song when 
faken and was flitting about in a thicket of birches near a 
swampy piece of oak and maple woods. As nearly as can be 
remembered it did not differ much in either voice or actions 
from H. chrysoptera. The first notice of this specimen ap- 
peared in the ‘ American Sportsman,’ vol. v, p. 338. * * * * 
‘‘ As previously remarked the differences in coloration in the 
present bird from any of its allies are so great, and of such a 
nature, as to render any theory of accidental variation exceed- 
ingly unlikely, while hybrids —at least among the smaller spe- 
cies of undomesticated birds — are of such shadowy and prob- 
lematical existence that their probable bearing upon the pres- 
ent case is hardly worthy of consideration.” 
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