ORDER PASSERES. 3OI 



Hab. Eastern United States to the Plains, north to Fort Simpson, 

 south, in winter, to Central America and the West Indies. 



Genus FROTONOTARIA Caird. 

 Protonotaria Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 239. Type, Motacilla citrea 



BODD. 



637. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). 



Prothonotary Warbler. 



Motacilla citrea BoDD. Tabl. P. E. 1783, 44. 

 Protonotaria citrea Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 239. 



[B 169, C 59, R 75, C 95.] 



Hab. Eastern United States, chiefly southward ; in winter, Cuba 

 and Central America. 



Genus HELINAIA Audubon. 

 Helinaia Aud. Synop. 1839, 66. Type, Sylvia swainsonii Auo. 



638. Helinaia swainsonii Aud. 



Swainson's Warbler. 



Sylvia swainsonii Avn. Orn. Biog. II. 1834, 563, pi. 198. 

 Helinaia swainsonii Aud. Synop. 1839, 66. 



Hab. Southeastern United States (South Carolina, Georgia, Flor- 

 ida, Louisiana, Texas) and Jamaica. 



Genus EELMITHERUS Rafinesque. 



Helmitherus Rafin. Joum. de Phys. LXXXVIII. 1819, 417. Type, 

 Motacilla vermivora Gmel. 



639. Helmitherus vermivoms (Gmel.). 



Worm-eating Warbler. 



Motacilla vermivora Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 951. 



Helmitheros vermivora Bonap. Consp. Av. I. April 20, 1850, 314. 



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