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SCIENCE. 



[N. S. Vol. XXII. No. 557. 



■of H. leucohronchialis had been secured by 

 different collectors at various points in south- 



' Record of Additional Specimens of the White- 

 Throated Warbler (Helminthophaga leuco- 

 bronchialis) ' by H. A. Purdie, Newton, Mass., 

 ibid., Vol. IV., No. 3, p. 184, 1879. Mr. Purdie 

 •describes four additional birds; a typical speci- 

 men collected in Hudson, Mass., in May or June, 

 1858. This specimen is in the possession of Will- 

 iams College, Williamstown, Mass. A second 

 hird is from Portland, Conn., where it was col- 

 lected on May 22, 1875. This is a male and has 

 a decided blotch of yellow on the breast, and a 

 general suffusion of the lower parts with a fainter 

 wash of this shade. There is also a slight suf- 

 fusion of this color on the upper parts. The third 

 specimen was taken at Saybrook, Conn., and was 

 thus written of by J. N. Clark who collected it: 

 " Took a fine male H. leucohronchialis, May 30 

 (1879) ; an exceptional specimen, with a patch of 

 bright yellow across the breast from the bend of 

 the wings. Thought it was pinus when I fired; 

 notes and habits the same." A fourth bird was 

 shot by Mr. Gunn, in Ottawa Co., Mich., and de- 

 scribed as ' H. Gunnii, Gibbs,' in a local news- 

 paper. The bird is a female and was taken on 

 May 25, 1879. It is characterized by a bright 

 yelloAV breast, the color extending as far down as 

 the abdomen and on the flanks; its crown is par- 

 ticularly brilliant. Mr. Robert Ridgway subse- 

 <iuently identified this bird as H. leucohronchialis, 

 Brewster. He also comments on its unusual 

 ■coloration, but says it ' is in all essential respects 

 like the type ' and further that with this ' seventh 

 specimen thus far collected the validity of H. 

 leucohronchialis may be considered as established 

 beyond question.' (Cf. Bull. Nutt. Orn. Cluh, 

 Vol. IV., No. 4, p. 233, 1879.) 



' Helminthophaga leucohronchialis in New York,' 

 by A. K. Fisher, M.D., Sing Sing, N. Y., ihid., Vol. 

 IV., No. 4, p. 234, 1879. Records an adult male 

 taken at Sing Sing, N. Y., on August 24, 1879. 

 The bird had a band of yellow across the breast 

 and a slight suffusion of pale yellow on the throat ; 

 the wing bars were 'whitish, whiter even than H. 

 pinus. The back is that of a typical H. leuco- 

 hronchialis.' 



' Two More Specimens of Helminthophaga leuco- 

 hronchialis from Sing Sing, N. Y.,' by A. K. 

 Fisher, M.D., Sing Sing, N. Y., ihid.. Vol. VI., No. 

 4, p. 245, 1881. Records the capture of a prob- 

 able female ' having a black auricular patch.' 

 This bird was taken on July 24, 1881, near Sing 

 Sing, N. Y. Also a specimen from the same 



ern New England, the lower Hudson River ^ 

 Valley, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia 



region August 3, 1881, sex not given, 'with a 

 yellow pectoral band, * * * the wing-bands 

 were normal; yellow, not white.' 



'' Another Example of Helminthophaga leuco- 

 hronchialis from Connecticut,' by John H. Sage, 

 Portland, Conn, (and a footnote by William 

 Brewster), Auk, Vol. I., No. 1, p. 91, 1884, 

 Records the^ capture of a female at Deep 'River, 

 Conn.^ on May 18, 1880. Mr. Brewster says in 

 the footnote : ' It differs from the type * * * 

 in having the j-ellow of the forehead partially 

 obscured, * * * in the unusual restriction of 

 the wing-bands, and in the generally immature 

 appearance of the plumage.' These character- 

 istics, he says, ' are just what would be expected 

 in the female of this species.' 



'Occurrence of Helminthophila leucohronchialis 

 in Virginia,' by William Palmer, Smithsonian In- 

 stitution, Washington, D. C, Auk, Vol. II., No. 3, 

 p. 304, 1885. Records the capture of a male near 

 Fort Meyer, Arlington, Va. The specimen is 

 typical. 



' A Specimen of Helminthophila leucohronchialis 

 in New Jersey,' by C. B. Riker, New York City, 

 Auk, Vol. II., No. 4, p. 378, 1885. Records a male 

 collected at Maplewood, Essex Co., N. J., May 11, 

 1883. First record for the state. Very gray on 

 the back, this bird has an indistinct y&llow breast 

 band and whitish wing bars much as in pinus, 

 very conspicuously separated. 



For change of generic name cf. Ridgway, Bull, 

 l^^itt. Orn. Cluh, Vol. VII., No. 1, p. 53, 1882. 



' Capture of Two More Specimens of Helmintho- 

 phila leucohronchialis at Sing Sing, New York,' by 

 A. K. Fisher, M.D., Sing Sing, N. Y., Auk, Vol. 

 II., No. 4, p. 378, 1885. Records the capture ol 

 two specimens at Sing Sing, N. Y., on August 11, 

 1883. " The imder parts of both specimens are 

 much more deeply suffused with yellow than is 

 the case in any of my other three specimens; in 

 fact, the yellow on one is evenly distributed over 

 the entire under surface, but is not so deep as in 

 Helminthophila pinus." 



Cf. Ridgway, Auk, Vol. II., No. 4, pp. 359-363, 

 October, 1885. 



Cf. Thurber, Auk, Vol. III., No. 3, p. 411, 1886. 



Remark. These are all the recorded individuals 

 up to the end of 1885, but I have reason to think 

 that there are a number of known specimens that 

 were not recorded, and which were taken between 

 1878 and 1885. 



