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HeLMINTHOPHAGA CHRYSOiPTERA (L.) Bd. 

 Blxie Grolden-winged "VVarbler. 



Sylvia chrysopiefa, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., IS'ib, 163, 162. 



Vermivora chryaopiera. Read, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., vi, 1853, 395. 



Helminihophaga chrysoptera, Wheaton, Ohio, Agric. Rep. for 1860, 363; Repi-iat,, 1S61, 5 

 Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1874, S63 ; Reprint, 1875, 3. — COUES, Birds 

 01 N. W., 1874, 50 (nest). — Baird, Brewer and Ridgway, N. A. Birds, i, 1'574, 193. — 

 Langdon, Cat. Birds of Gin., 1877, 5; Revihed List, Jour. Oin. Soc. Nat Hist., i, 

 1879, 171; Reprint, 5. 



Motavilla ahrysoptera, LiNNiEUS, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 333. 

 Sylvia clirynopUra, Latham, Ind. Orn., ii, 1700, 541. 

 Vermivora chrysoptera, " Swainson." 

 Helminfliopliaga chrysoptera, Cabanis, Mns. Hein , i, 1850, 20 ■ 



Male, in spHng: slaty blue, paler or whitish below, where frequently tinged with yel- 

 lowish ; crown and two wing bars rich yellow ; broad stripe on side of head through eye, 

 and large patch on the throat, black ; both these bordered with white; several tail feathers 

 white blotched. Bill black. Back a.ud wings frequently glossed with yellowish olive in 

 young birds in which the black markiags are somewhat obscure. 8ize of pinus. 



Habitat, Eastern United States and Canada. New Grenada. Central America. Cuba. 



Rare summer resident from May to August. This beautiful bird is the 

 rarest species of the genus breeding with us, and, with the exception of the 

 Orange-crowned Warbler, the rarest at any time. It is usually found in 

 swampy places, where the nest is built on the ground, frequently under 

 the broad leaf of the Skunk Cabbage {Simplocarpus fcetidus). The nest 

 has been taken at Groveport, in this county, by Mr. Wm. R. Limpert. 

 The eggs are four to five, white, sparsely marked with reddish brown. 



Helminthophaga euficapilla (Wils.) Bd. 



!N"a,sliviUe Warbler- 



Sylvia rubraoapilla, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Surv., 1838, 168, 182. 

 Vermivora ruhrioapilla, Read, Proc. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 1853, 395. 

 Helminthophaga ruficapilla, Wheaton, Ohio Agri. Rep. for 1860, 363 ; Reprint, 1861, 5 ; 



Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 563; Reprint, 1875,3. — Langdon, 

 Cat. Birds of Cinl, 1877, 5 ; Revised List, Jour. Cin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 171 ; 



Reprint, 5. 



Sylvia ruficapilU, Wilson, Am. Orn., iii, 1811, 120. 



Vermivora rubricapilla, Bonaparte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 21. 



Helminthophaga ruficapilla, Baird, Birds N. Am., 1858, 256. 



Above, olive green, brighter on the rump, changing to pure ash on the head; below 

 tright yellow, paler on the belly, olive shaded on the sides ; crown with a more or less 

 concealed cheatnvt patch ; lores and ring round the eye pale ; no superciliary line ; female 

 and autumnal specimens have the head glossed with olive, and the crown patch may be 

 wanting. Length 4J-4f ; wing 2J-2| ; tail lf-2. 



Habitat, Eastern North America. Mexico. 



