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a brownish tinj^o above ; iiiidiUo and soeonilary coverts tipped witli dull fulvous, fuiTV, in- 

 conspiciKius blinds. No tiaix- of onin;;e on tlie crown. 



Hah. Pacilic Trovince of Noctii Anieiiea, from Alaska to Capo St, Luuas. Stray-ling 

 eastward to about tlie IKith nieiidian. Not found in Mexico ? 



Tlie diflerences between the I'.icific coast specimens of the H. cclufit and 

 those from the interior reo ions — first iiointed out in tiie Ifeview of Ameri- 

 can IJu'ds — are very readily appreciable upon a comjjari.ion of si»ecimens. 

 The present bird is a coast variety, entirely replacing- the true cduta (var. 

 ccluta) in the region above indicated. 



Helminthophaga peregrina, (a ban. 



TENNESSEE WABBLEB. 



Sylvm iieregriim, AVii.s. Aiii. Orn. IV, 1811, 83, j)!. xxv, fiR. 2.— Aud. Orn. Biog. II, pi. 

 cliv. Si/lvicola /wr. liwn. Ferunvoni pc: \V,s. lldiiwin per. Xvik mn\^ \m. \\, 

 pi. ex. IhlmitkeniH pa: Bo.\. Hrhnhithnplm.ja per. Cad. Slus. IKaii. — hi. Jour! 

 Oni. 1861, 85 (Costa Hica). - lUuii), Birds N. Am. IS.W, 2.18; Kov. 178. — Sclateu 

 & Salvin, Ibis, 18(50, 31 (C.uiilciiiidii). — Sclateh, P. Z. S. 185!), 373 (Oaxaea) ; Catal. 

 1861, 29, no. 180. — Lawuenci;, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1861, 322 (Panama). — (!iNni,.un, 

 Cab. Jour. 1861, 326 (Cuba, very rare). Siih-iii. feiines.ivi, ViKii.Lor, Kncytd. iletli. 

 II, 1823, 452. /Sijlria ml&surieiisis, Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 117. 



Sp. Chab!. Top and sides of the head and neck asli-gray ; rest of upper parts olive- 

 green, brightest on the runi]). Beneath .lull white-, faintly tinge.l in places, especially on 

 the sides, with yellowish-olive. Eycli.ls and a stripe over the eye whitish ; a dusky line 

 from the eye to the bill. Outer tail-feather with a white spot along the inner edge near 

 the tip. Female with the ash of the head less conspicuous ; the under parts more'' tinged 

 with olive-yellow. Length, 4.00 ; wing, 2.7a; tail, 1.8."). 



IlAn. Eastern Province of North America ; Calais, Me. ; north to Fort Simp.«on, TL B. 

 T.; Mexico; Oaxac.i? Guatemala; Costa Rica; Panama R. R. Very rare in Cuba. 

 Veragua (Sai.vi.n). Chiriiiui (Lawkkxck). 



Autunnial s])ccimens and young birds are sometimes so strongly tinged 

 with greenish-yellow as to be scarcely distinguisliable from H. cdata. The 

 wing is, however, always longer, and the obscure whitish patch on the 

 inner edge of the e.xterii.r tail-feather, near its ti]), is almost always aj)- 

 preciable. In cdata this edge is very narrowly and uniforndy margined 

 with whitish. 



A yoiuig bird of the year, from Fort Simpson (27,228), has two distinct 

 greenisli-white bands on the wings, and tlio forehead and cheeks greenisli- 

 yellow. A corresponding age of If. vdain has the wing-bands more reddish- 

 brown, the wings sliorter, and no white patch on the outer tail-featiier. 



Haihts. Like the Nashville Warbler the present species has received a 

 name inappropriate to one witli so nortlicrn a distribution. It was first ob- 

 tained on the banks of the ('uinl)erland Kiver liy Wilson, and has since been 

 known as the Tennessee Warbler. Ibit two specimens were ever (tbtained 

 by him, and he regarded it as a veiy rare species. He found them hunting 



