PASSERES— SYLVICOLTDAE— HELMINTHOPHAGA CELATA. 



191 



mesquite trees, I scarcely noticed it, passing it by as a veritable Gnat- 

 catcher; but, its different form attracting my notice, I identified it immediately. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



68 1 



S ad. 



Camp Lowell, Ariz 



Sept. II, 1S74 



H. W. Henshaw 



2.17 







°-37 



0-59 



HELMINTHOPHAGA CELATA, Say. 

 Orange-crowsied Warbler. 



Sylvia celata, Say, Long's Exped., i, 1823, 169. 



Helminthopliaga celata, Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 10 (Browns- 

 ville, Tex.).— Id., Ives' Col. Exped., 1857, pt. iv, 5.-/(7., Birds N. A., 1858, 

 257.— Heerm., P. E. E. Rep., x, pt. iv, 1859, 40.— Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Phila., 1859, 191 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— Coop. & Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., xii, 

 pt. ii, 1800, 178.— Hayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1802, 100.— Bd., Rev. 

 Am. Birds, i, 1805, 170.— Cotjes, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1800, 70 (Fort 

 Tejon, Cal.; Fort Mojave, Ariz.).— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870, S3.— Id., 

 Proc. Cal. Acad., 1870, 75.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 403.— 

 Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 95.— Allen, Bui. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1872, 

 175 (Eastern Kansas ; Ogden, Utah ; Wahsatch Mountains).— Snow, Birds 

 Kan., 1872, 7.— Aiken, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1S72, 190.— Bd., 

 Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 202, pi. xi, f. 4.— Henshaw, An. Lye. 

 Nat. Hist. N. Y., xi, 1874, 3.-/(7., An. List Birds Utah, 1872, Wheeler's 

 Exped., 1874, 41.— Id,, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 1874, 57, 

 74, 102.— Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 52. 



During the migrations, a very generally distributed species, frequenting 



the tops of the smaller trees and low bushes, whence it may often be seen 



darting forth in pursuit of some passing insect. In the breeding season, it 



ascends higher up, and is then found among the shrubbery on the 



open mountain sides. At this season, I have found it as high up as 11,000 



feet. The song is a short simple la}^, consisting of a few sweet trills, given 



with considerable spirit, and ending with a rising inflection. 



No. 



=4 

 291 



94 

 662 

 256 

 229 



=59 



778 

 1008 



Sex. 



$ ad. 

 $ ad. 

 $ ad. 



$ 

 $jun. 

 9 ad. 

 $ ad. 

 $ ad. 

 $ ad. 



Locality. 



■ late. 



Denver, Colo 



Near Fort Garland, Colo 



Denver, Colo 



Camp Apache, Ariz . 



Mount Graham, Ariz .. 

 Lake Piedra, N. Mex.. 



Navajo Creek, Colo 



Mount Graham, Ariz.. 

 Camp Apache, Ariz . .. 



May 9, 1S73 



do 



May 17, 1S73 

 Sept. I, 1873 

 Aug. 1, 1S74 

 Sept. 11, 1S74 

 Sept. 15, 1874 

 Sept. 21, 1S74 

 Oct. 11, 1S74 



< 'ollectoi . 



H. W. Henshaw.. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



C. E. Aiken 



do 



II. W. Henshaw.. 

 do 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



2. 40 



2. 09 



0.29 



0.66 



2-55 



2.07 



0.45 



0. 72 



2.47 



2.14 



0. 40 



0. 64 



-■43 



2.00 



0.38 



0.66 



2 -3i 



2. 02 



o.39 



0. 65 



2. 29 



2. OO 



0.38 



0.72 



=•37 



2.O4 



°-39 



0. 70 



=•=5 



2.00 



0.40 



0.68 



=■55 



2. 20 



0.40 



0.65 



