362 



Ridgway on Helminthophila leucobronchialis. [October 



be the parent of this specimen. {Cf Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VI, p. j J 1.) 



(4) An adult(?), sex not stated, obtained at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 

 3, 1SS1, by Dr. A. K. Fisher. Resembles specimen No. 8 (No. 605, Coll. 

 A. K. Fisher), but has the wing-bands "yellow, not white." {Cf Fisher, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 245.) 



(5) An adult $ (?) obtained in Ottawa Co., Mich.. May 25, 1879, by 

 W. A. Gunn. Whole breast bright gamboge yellow, with a sharply defined, 

 truncated anterior outline, but posteriorly extending farthest along the 

 median line, to the upper part of the abdomen; cheeks and chin tinged 

 with lightyellow; upper part washed with olive-green. Type of "//. gunni 

 Gibbs." {Cf. Gibbs, 'Daily Democrat,' a newspaper of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich.. June 1, 1S79. — Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. IV, p. 1S5. — Ridgw. 

 ib., p. 233.) 



(6) An adult $ taken at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 3, 1SS1, by Dr. A. 

 K. Fisher (collector's No. 1235). Has "a broad patch of pale yellow on 

 the breast." {Cf Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI p. 219.) 



(7) An adult $ taken at Sing Sing, N. Y., July 24, 18S1, by Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher (collector's No. 1210). Entirely pale greenish yellow beneath; 

 the back is similar to that of pinus but the nape is decidedly ashy, and the 

 wing-bands as clearly yellow as in chrysoptera; the dusky brown eye-stripe 

 is restricted to the lores and post-orbital spot." {Cf Brewster, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VI, p. 220.) 



b. Wing-bands -white. 



(8) An adult $ collected at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 24, 1S79, ' 5 y Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher (collector's No. 605). "Exhibits a faint wash of lemon yellow 

 on the throat, while a broad space across the breast is deep gamboge 

 yellow, and the wing-bands are pure white." {Cf Brewster, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VI, p. 219.) » 



(9) An adult $ (?) collected at Nyack, N. J., in May, 1S7S, by Eugene 

 P. Bicknell ; No. 2620, Coll. W. Brewster. "Has the chin decidedly yellow; 

 the throat, cheeks, and a small space on the abdomen white; the remain- 

 der of the lower parts gamboge yellow; the wing-bands white; the nape 

 ashy tinged with green; the occiput, back, and wings as purely green as 

 in H. pinus." {Cf Brewster /. c.) 



c. Wing-bands mixed white and yellow. 



(10) An adult $ killed at New Haven, Conn., May 19, 1SS5, D }' Harry 

 W. Flint. It "shows a slight suffusion of yellow under each eye and on 

 the chin, as well as a light bar of the same color across the breast .... 

 the wing-bars are very much restricted, and the white is tinged with yel- 

 low, and there is a spot of the same color on the back. {Cf Sage, Auk, II, 

 P- 304- ) 



