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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. Tripp'e states that its notes are very forcible and 

 characteristic. He describes them as a rapid chirrup resem- 

 bling chuuchicli, k'-Orre-r' r' r' r 1 r' ( !). According to Mr. 

 Ridgway they are wonderfully like the lisping chirrup of the 

 Coturniculus Passerinus" (or Yellow- winged Sparrow). 



(B) CHRTSOPTERA. 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, 



