60 MNIOTILTID^l. 



Genus PROTONOTARIA, Baird. 



Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). 



(Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Protonotaria citrea, Coues, Birds N.-West, p. 47 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer 

 8f Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 184 (1874) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. 

 Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. Ill (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 

 p. 249 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 97 (1906). 



The eggs of the Golden Swamp-Warbler are spheroidal in shape 

 and moderately glossy. They are pinkish-white, more or less 

 profusely mottled and blotched with reddish-brown, pale purple, 

 and lilac. They measure from '63 to *7 in length, and from '52 to 

 56 in breadth. 



5. Mount Carmel, Illinois (R. Ridg- Salvin-Godman Coll. 



way: Henshaw Coll.}. 

 1. Mount Carmel (R. R. : Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.}. 



1. Burlington, Iowa, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus VERMIVORA, Swain*. 

 Vermivora pirnis (Linn.). 



Helnainthophaga pinus, Baird, Brewer fy Ridqw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 

 p. 195 (1874) ; Salv. $ Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 117 



Helminthophila pinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 237 (1885) ; 



Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899). 

 Vermivora pinus, Sharpe, Hand-l. v. p. 98 (1 906). 



Two eggs of the Blue-winged Warbler are of a more or less 

 broad oval shape, slightly pointed at one end, and somewhat glossy. 

 The ground-colour is white, and the purplish-red and lilac markings 

 are mostly confined to the larger end, forming, in one example, an 

 irregular cap. They measure respectively *58 by *49 and "62 

 by -46. 



2. Connecticut, May. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Vermivora celata 

 (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Helminthophaga celata, var. celata, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. 



Birds, i. p. 202 (1874). 

 Helminthophaga celata, Coues, Birds Color. Valley, p. 226 (1878) ; Salv. b 



Godm. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 116 (1880). 



