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641. HclminthophilA piniu -...n. WARHLER. 



AH iin.l int>c under part* hriifht \cllow, n Mart liiif 



tkrougk tk* .iii-l rump hriifht oli\ < ifrceii ; wiii|pi ntul tail hluih 



(Tray; greater and middle wiinr-covcrt*. tipped with white <>r yellowish white; 

 outer t! white patches mi thi-ir iiiiii-r wcl, fourth 



father with a much smaller |>u(<-li. .!/. . . Similar, hut yellow <>n the head 

 confined t.. tin- forehead ; un.li-r part* duller. I,., 4 *0; W., 2'40; T., : 

 from N., -M. 



Ktmart*. The only variation cif note in tin' plumage of otherwise t\ pi.-iil 



|fiMiiifiui of thin H|M ,-!> .H-,'III> iii tin- color of tin- wiiitf-huns which in - 



D|i--iiiifM> arc tiiiu'c'l with yrllow. A specimen in Mr. Brrw.-tt-r'* c'lllc.-tion 

 (No. 25,.M1. Si \nioiir. Conn., .lulu- 11, l*-s;i, K. A. KUIIU-H< h->ws this variation, 

 curried to an cAtrcine, an<l ha.-* the wing-har* a.-* hmmlly yellow a* in //. chry*- 



thouirh in cv.-ry other rc.-*|K-ct it i* typical i>inn*. lii-tweeti tr 

 C'IOM and //. rAryw.yi/. m there i' inters;ra<lit(, which art- 



variously onllr.1 //. /. u> hn>ii<-hi<ili iiml //. /-inn n<: i. They arc generally 

 coiiM.lere.l to )>< hyhr'nl*. atnl it luisal.-" -tc<l that <iichrinati>in 



may aiil in iipxluciii-r tlieir eolonition. Their ri-latioiiHliirn* will l>e tVunul <lis- 

 cmwod umlcr tht- following rvfert'iH-n* : Hrew>t.r, Hull. Null. Orn. 'lul>, vi, 

 1M. p. -.'I-*; Ki.lirwa\. Auk, ii, l^.'i, \>. :J.V. ; Manual N. A. Bird*, 1887, 

 p. 486. 



Kangt. Ei.-tern l'nitc.1 States ; 1. reeds us far north as southern MinnoaoU 

 and < 'i-nncclicut ; winters in tin- tropic*. 



Wahini^<n, rather uiiriiinion T. V., Apl. -_'s t-> May 25; Aug. 5 to S pt. ; 

 a few hrccd. Sin^' Sin^', common S. II. . M:i> I to Sept. 7. 



of hark and leaves, lined with fine strips of hark and tendrils, and 



firmly wrn|i|>od with numerous leaves, whoae stems j-oint upwanl, on the 



ground, ifoiu-rally in or at the Urdcr ->t' sei-ond irrowtli. A';/;/", tour to six, 



white, thinly s|x-kl<-d with rufous, cinnamon-lrow n. or rufoua-hrown, 



^50. 



This pe<'ie- may Ix- ft.iitid in scnililiy x-cnnd growths, wo<xlland 

 Umli-rs. i>r t-vi-n the lnwi-r Ire, - ..f d, !)-. Wi.i.ds Its in<ivt>ini>nts an- 

 nithcr slow and leisiin-ly, and, like a Cliickadce. it may sometimes be 

 seen hanging head downward while searching for food. 



It is at times a rather |tersNtetit songster, and its pecu liar song is 

 not likely to be mistaken for that of any other Warliler. As a rule, 

 it i-on-ixt- of the two drawled, wK> the first inhaled, 



the second exhaled. A less common ^\\z. uttered later in the season, 

 is Wtt, rhl-ehl-rhl-rhl, rhdr, rhff-clu'ir, ami is sometimes accompanied 

 by peculiar kik i 



Helminthophila leucobronchialls < />-../. . BKEWKTCR'H WAR- 

 BI.KR. A'l. &. Forehead and fore part of the crown yellow, a hlack line 

 from the hill through tin- eye; rest of the up|>cr |Nirts hluish irray ; winif- 

 han* hroadly yellow ; tail liko the hack, thr.-c to four outer feathers marked 

 with white; under parts pure white, /nintly washed with yellow on the 

 bnact. Fall !tpcimeii! arc more hc-uvily wushctl with yellow, and the upper 



