60 MNIOTILIIDJE. 



Genus PKOTONOTARIA, Baird. 



Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). 



(Plate III. fig. 3.) 



Protonotaria citrea, Coiies, Birds N.-West, p. \7 (1874) ; Baird, Brewer 

 8r Ridgiv. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 184 (1874) ; Salv. Sf Godm. Biol. 

 'Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. Ill (1880) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. 

 p. 249 (1885) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. v. p. 97 (1906). 



The eggs of the Golden Swamp- Warbler are spheroidal in shape 

 and moderately glossy. They are pinkish-white, more or less 

 profusely mottled and blotched with reddish-brown, pale purple, 

 and lilac. They measure from "63 to •? in length, and from -52 to 

 •56 in breadth. 



6. Mount Carmel, Illinois (R. Bidg- Salvin-Godman Ooll. 



way : Henskaw Coll.). 

 1. Mount Carmel {R. R. : Henshaw Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Coll.). 



1. Burlington, Iowa, 2nd June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Genus VEEMIVOEA, Swains. 

 Vermivora pirnis {Linn.). 



Helminthophaga pinus, Baird, Bretver Sr Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, i. 



p. 195 (1874) ; Salv. & Godm. Biol. Cenir.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 117 



(1880). 

 Helminthophila pinus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. x. p. 237 (1885) ; 



JSlehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 88 (1899). 

 Vermivora pinus, Sharpe, Sand-l. v. p. 98 (1906). 



Two eggs of the Blue-winged Warbler are of a more or less 

 broad oval shape, slightly pointed at one end, and somewhat glossy. 

 The ground-colour is white, and the purplish-red and lilac markings 

 are mostly confined to the larger end, forming, in one example, an 

 irregular cap. They measure respectively -58 by -49 and -62 

 by -46. 



2. Connecticut, May. W. EadclifFe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Vermivora celata (Say). 

 (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



Helminthophaga celata, var. celata, Baird, Brewer Sr Ridgw. N'. Amer 



Birds, i. p. 202 (1874). 

 Helminthophaga celata. Cones, Birds Color. Valley, p. 226 (1878) ; Salv. ^ 



Godm,. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Aves, i. p. 116 (1880). 



