60 BIBDS. 



2. CHLORIS, Boie. Bltte Yellow - Backed 

 Waeblbbs. 

 ■=-Parula, Bonaparte. 



= Sylvicola, Sw. (Preoccupied in MoUusks.) 

 1. C. americana, (L.) Jor. Blue Yellow- Backed 

 Waeblee. Clear ashy blue; back with a large golden- 

 green patch; yellow below, belly white; a brown band 

 across breast; white wing bars. ? obscurely marked; L. 

 4f ; W. 2i; T. 2. Miss. Valley and E. One of our most 

 elegant species, inhabiting tree-tops. 



3. PROTONQTARIA,BwcA. Golden Swamp Waeblbes. 

 1. P. citrcea, (Bodd.) Bd. Peothonotaey Waeblee. 

 Golden - Headed Waeblee. Front and lower parts 

 brilliant yellow; back, wings, etc., olivaceous; bill long; 

 L. 5i; W. 3; T. 3^. U. S., southward; N. to Wabash 

 Valley, in bushy swamps, rather rare, one of the most 

 beautiful of our birds. 



4. HELMITHERUS, Rafinesque. Swamp Waeblees. 

 1. H. vermivorus, (Gm.) Bon. Wobm-Eating Swamp 



Waeblee. Olive gree head yellowish, with four black 

 stripes; bufiy below; ? similar; L. 5^; W. 3; T. 2^. E. 

 U. S.; N. to L. Erie. 



5. HELMINTHOPHAGA, Cabanis. Woem- Eating 



Waeblees. (See Addenda.) 

 * Tail feathers conspicuously blotched with white. 



1. H. chrysoptera, (L.) Bd. Blue Golden- Winged 

 Waeblee. Ashy blue; forehead, crown and wing bars 

 bright yellow; throat and broad stripe through eye, 

 black, white below; ? duller; L. 5; W. ^^, T. 2^. S. E. 

 States, rather rare; N. to Green Bay; a beautiful species. 



8, H. pinus, (L.) Bd. Blub -Winged Yellow Wabb- 



