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middle of the breast, the sides of which are deep bkiish-gray, almost as 

 dark as the back. The upper part of the throat (not the chin) is strongly 

 tinged with pale yellow. The measurements are as follows : — wing, 2.40 ; 

 tail, 2.10 ; bill, from nostril, .35; tarsus, .65 ; middle toe, .42. 



This being, as Mr. Purdie remarks, the seventh specimen thus far col- 

 lected, the validity of H. leucohronchialis may be considered as established 

 beyond question. The variations in plumage and the sexual differences of 

 coloration appear to be nearly the same as those of H. chrysoplera, but 

 there seems to be a frequent tendency to assume more or less of a yellow 

 tinge beneath, especially on the breast, which is rarely to be noticed in 

 H. chryxoptera, although sometimes slightly indicated in that species. It is 

 not unlikely that there may be specimens of this species in the possession of 

 collectors who have mistaken them for individuals of H. clrrysoptera, and 

 in view of this probability it would be well for those having the latter in 

 their collections to examine them critically. The species, in all stages, 

 may be readily distinguished by the entire absence of black or dull gray 

 on the throat (only the bases of the feathers being sometimes grayish), and 

 by the absence of the dusky-gray or black auricular patch. — Robert 

 RiDGWAY, Wcii^hington, D. C. 



Helminthophaga leucobrongiiialis in New York. — While col- 

 lecting, Aug. 24, 1879, in a low swampy thicket composed of alders, small 

 maples, etc , I shot a specimen of //. leucobroncMalis. It was in company 

 with several other species of Warblers. It was an adult male, and re- 

 sembled Mr. W. W. Coe's specimen, cited by Mr. H. A. Purdie in the last 

 number of the Bulletin, in having the band of yellow across the breast and 

 very slight suffusion of the throat, it differing from other specimens in hav- 

 ing the wing bars ivhitish, whiter even than in //. pinus. The back is that 

 of a typical H. leucohronclualis. — A. K. Fisher, M. D., Simj Sing, N. Y. 



Helminthophaga pinus, Oporornis Formosa, and Mniotilta 

 VARIA BREEDING IN PENNSYLVANIA. — Some notice having appeared in 

 a former number of this Bulletin (Vol. Ill, p. 194) in regard to the breed- 

 ing of H. pinus in Pennsylvania, I think it would now be desirable to 

 supplement the article kindly inserted by Dr. Elliott Coues by stating that, 

 whilst lately residing in Chester and Delaware Counties, I have found the 

 thi-ee birds mentioned at the head of this note to be the commonest 

 representatives of their family in that part of the State, and that I can, 

 during any of the summer months, secure a goodly number of specimens 

 in the nearest belt of woodland. I found two nests of the Blue-winged 

 Yellow Warbler and one of the Kentucky Warbler in 1878, and saw 

 another nest of the same species found by a schoolmate, and secured one of 

 the eggs. A collector in West Chester, Penn., told me that he had se- 

 cured six nest complements of 0. formosa and three of H. pinus in a 

 single season. 



So far M. varia has eluded my search, so far as nidification is con- 



