218 Trans. Acad. Set. of St. Louis. 



645. Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.). Nashville War- 

 bler. 



Sylvia ruficapUla. Helminthophaga ruficapilla. Helminthophila rufica- 

 pilla. Sylvia rubricapilla. Vermivora rubricapilla. Helinaia rubrica- 

 pilla. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, north to Cape Breton, 

 Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba; breeds 

 from southern New England, northern Michigan, northern 

 Illinois, eastern Nebraska, northward. Winters in eastern 

 Mexico; south to Guatemala. 



In eastern Missouri one of our most regular and common 

 transient visitants, spring and fall; also common in the north- 

 western part of the state, but rare in southwest Missouri. The 

 species is rare in Kansas, but common in the Missouri River 

 region of eastern Nebraska. Dr. J. A. Allen found it common 

 at Fort Leavenworth, where it had also been observed by 

 Audubon, May 4, 1843. It is reported from St. Joseph, where 

 Mr. S. S. Wilson took a female September 28, 1895, and from 

 Independence, October 5, 1889, by Mr. Chas. Tindall. Scott 

 gives it as rare May 7, 1874, at Warrensburg, where Mr. Smithson 

 found a young bird dead in the street in the middle of August, 

 1906. There is a possibility of its breeding in the northwest 

 corner of Missouri as it has been found breeding along the eastern 

 edge of Nebraska. East of Missouri its nesting in the latitude 

 of our northern border is reported from Fulton Co., 111., by Mr. 

 Philo W. Smith Jr. of St. Louis. The first transients appear 

 in eastern Missouri between April 23 and 29, exceptionally ear- 

 lier or later (April 20, 1885, May 2, 1883). They are most abun- 

 dant during the first decade of May, the last being seen between 

 May 15 and 22. On their return in the fall the first have been 

 seen as early as September 5, 1897, but usually not before 

 September 14 or 15; they are quite common from September 

 20 to October 5, and the last do not leave us before October 

 12, exceptionally as late as October 20, 1893. 



646. Helminthophila celata (Say). Orange-crowned Warbler. 



Sylvia celata. Vermivora celata. Helinaia celata. Helminthophaga celata. 



Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, north to the Mackenzie 

 and Yukon Rivers; west in Canada to the interior of British 

 Columbia and southward in the Rocky Mountains to New 

 Mexico; breeding in the Rocky Mountains and from Manitoba 



