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SYLVICOLID^ : AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



PURDIE, Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, July, 1879, p. 184. " Record of 

 Additional Specimens of the White-throated Warbler 

 (Helminthophaga leucobronchialis)." (Sixth specimen, 

 Hudson, Mass., May or June, 1858, S. Jillson ; Seventh, 

 Portland, Conn., May 22, 1875, W. W. Coe ; Eighth, 

 Saybrook, Conn., May 30, 1879, J. N. Clarke.) 



Fisher, Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, Oct., 1879, P- 234- " Helmin- 

 thophaga leucobronchialis in New York." (The ninth 

 specimen recognized, from Sing Sing, N. Y., Aug. 24, 



1879.) 

 Helminthophaga giinnii, Gibbs, Daily Morning Democrat (of Grand 

 Rapids, Mich.), xvi, June I, 1879. "A New Bird." (The 

 tenth known specimen, described as a new species.) 

 RiDGWAY, Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, Oct., 1879, p. 233. " Note on 

 Helminthophaga gunnii, Gibbs." (Identified with H. 

 leucobronchialis, as was also done by Mr, Purdie, ibid., 

 p. 185.) 



Chars. " Adult male : summer plumage. Crown, bright yellow, 

 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 — 

 exclusive 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 trace of black on 

 the cheeks or throat, even upon raising the feathers. Bill black. 

 Feet, dark brown. Dimensions — length, 5.19; extent, 7.88; 

 wing, 2.45 ; tail, 1.86; culmen, 0.53. 



"It will be seen from the above description that this bird 

 resembles most closely the Golden-winged Warbler (Helmin- 

 thophaga chrysoptera). 



" The entire absence 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." — (Brewster^ 



