SYLVICOLTD.E — THE WARBLERS. 



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Gemh HELMINTHOPHAGA, Cahan. 



Ildminthopliaija, Cabaxis, Mils, llein. 1850, 1851, 20, (Tyi>o, Sylvia ruficnpillay Wils.) 



Gen. Char. Bill olonfrattMJ, conitiil, very acute; the outlines very nearly straiirlit. 

 soinetiines .<liirhtly deeiirved ; no trace ot" notch at 



the ti[>, nor ofhristles on the rietns. Winirs long and ^ 'EF-r-^^ 



pointed; the first quill nearly or quite the lonirest. \j\~c-r-^^ 

 Tail nearly even or slijrhtly emaririnate ; short and 



rather slender. Tarsi lon*^er than the middle toe and "-— ^^^ l:C^^^---^~^ 



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claw, . . ^^^^ 



The sj^ecies of this section are well char- lA 

 acteiized by the atteiiiiatiou and acuteness X \ ^ 

 of the bill, and the absence of anv notch. 

 There are, however, considerable subordinate 

 differences in the ditl'erent species. In some the bill is larger and more 

 acute than others ; in one species, the H. iKrajrina, the wings are unusually 

 lengthened, the tail being only alxnit seven twelfths as l(jn« 



Kfltniiitho/ihii^a riificapiUa. 



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Species and Varieties. 



CoM.M'W Characters. Iris brown. Length about 5.00. Nest on the crround, 

 in prra?8 or dead leaves. Eggs clear white, thickcvst at end, with minute dots of 

 brc »vn of various shades and faint purple. 

 A* Tad with a conspicuous patch of white. 



a. A black patch covering throat and breast. 



1. chrysoptera. Al>ove ash, beneath white. Forehead and a patch 

 on the winir vellow. ILih. Eastern Province of United States, south to 

 Bogota : Cuba. 



2. bachmani. Above olive-green ; beneath, with forehead, yellow ; 

 crown ash, bounile<l anteriorlv with a black bar. No vellow on winjr. 

 Hah. South Carolina and Georgia. Cuba in winter. 



6. No black on throat or breast. 



3. pinuB. Above olive-green ; beneath, with forehead, yellow ; wings 

 ash, with two white bands ; lores black. Ilab. Eastern Province of 

 United States, south into Guatemala. 



B* Tail without a conspicuous white patch. 



c. Crown with a concealed patch of rufous (obsolete in 9)- 



4. ruficapilla. Above olive-green ; head ashy ; beneath continuous 

 yellow ; a light orbital ring. Ilah, North America (very rare in Middle 

 and Western Provinces) ; Greenland. Sotith to Southern Mexico (Oax- 

 aca, Cordova, Orizaba). 



Yellow of throat spreading over cheeks, and staining lores and 

 eyelids. At'anti<^ States. (Carlisle. Pcnn., specimens.) var. /• nfi c a p i IJn . 



Yellow of throat confined within the maxilla' ; lores and eyelids 

 clear white. Mississippi Valley. (Chicago specimens.) var. oculdris, 



Yellow of throat restricted to a medial stri{)e, leaving its sides 

 ashy. Middle Province. (Specimen from Fort Tejon, Cal.. and 

 East Humboldt Mountains, Nevada.) . . . var. gutt ii r a I is 



