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be retained in its emended form Dendrceca; the word being from 

 the Greek dsvdpov, a tree, and some one of the many words that 

 group about okew, I inhabit, and okoc, a house signifying a 

 tree-tenant, or one who is at home in the trees, as all our Wood- 

 warblers are, excepting perhaps D. palmar um. 



For, as Baird showed in 1858, the only choice is between 

 Dendrceca, and Rimamphus of Eafinesque, which latter, in the 

 forms of Rhimamphus or Rhimanplius, has been used by Hart- 

 laub and Cabanis. Kafinesque's description of the type of his 

 genus, R. citrinus, from the Ohio, has been supposed to indicate 

 the Summer Warbler, D. cestiva, and he doubtless had that 

 species in the distorted perspective of his mental vision ; but 

 the description of his " Citron Open-bill", as he called it, is that 

 of an imaginary if not altogether impossible bird, so faulty as 

 to render the name unavailable for the purposes of science. 



Dendrceca is the largest North American genus of birds, con- 

 taining some thirty-five reputed species, nearly thirty of which 

 are doubtless valid. No fewer than twenty-five of these have 

 latterly been ascribed to North America ; but two of them, 

 "montana"* and " carbonata ",t are not now substantiated by 



* Dendrceca moiitaim. Blue Mountain Warbler. 



Sylvia montana, Wils. AO. v. 1812, 113, pL 44, f. 2 (Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania). 

 Steph. Gen. Zool. x. 1817, 73G (after Wilson). F. Ency. Meth. ii. 1823, 451, n. 110 (from 

 Wilson). Bp. Journ.Phila.Acad. iv. 1824, 199. 1 f Aud. OB. v. 1839, 294, pi. 434, f. 3 

 . (" California"). 



Sylvicola montana, Jard. "ed. Wils. 1832, ". f 1 Aud. Syn. 1839, 62. Nutt, Man. i.2d 

 ed. 1840, 442.? 1 Aud. BA. ii. 18-.1, 69, pi. 98. Bp. CA. i. 1850, 308. 



Mniotilta montana, Gray, G. of B. i. 1848, 196. Giebel, Nomenc. Av. ii. 1875, 604. 



Dendroica montana, Bd. BNA. 1858, 278 (after Wilson). Bd. Eev. AB. 1865, 190 (after 

 Wilson). B. B. < R. NAB. i. 1874, 271 (after Wilson). 



Dcndroeca montana, Sund. Oefv. K. Yet.-Akad. Forh. iii. 1869, 613. 



Sylvia tigrina, ? Vieill. OAS. ii. 1807, 34, pi. 94 (see under tigrina beyond, p. 245). Bp. 

 Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, 82 (after Wilson). Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 393 (after Wilson). 



Sylvicola tigrina, Rich. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, 171 (ref. to Wilson). Bp. 

 CGL. 1838, 23. 



Fauvette des Montagnes Blenes, F. Ency. Meth. ii. 1823, 451. 



Blue Mountain Warbler of Wilson, Nuttall, and Baird ; whether of Audubon? 



HAD. " Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania." 



tHelminthophaga (?) carbonata. Carbonated Warbler. 

 Sylvia carbonata, Aud. OB. i. 1831, 308, pi. M.-Nutt. Man. i. 1832, 405. 

 Sylvicola carbonata, Rich. Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. for 1836, 1837, 172. 

 Hellnaia carbouata, Aud. Syu. 1839, 68. Aud. BA. ii. 1841, 95, pi. 10:>. 

 Vermivora carbonata, Bp. CGL. 1838, 21. 

 Helmitheros carbonata, Bp. CA. i. 1850, 315. 



Hniotilta carbonata, Gray, G. of B. i. 1848, 196. Giebel, Nomenc. Av. ii. 1875, 600. 

 Dendroica carbonata, Bd. BNA. 1858, 287. Bd. Rev. AB. 1865, 207. 

 Dendroeca carbonata, Sund. Oefv. K. Vetensk.-Akad. Forh. iii. 1869, 618. 

 Perissoglossa carbonata, B. B. & R. NAB. i. 1874, 214. 

 Carbonated Swamp Warbler, Aud. 1. c. 

 Dusky Warbler, Nutt. \. c. 



HAB." Kentucky." 



