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characterized by Its much larger, less acute bill, which nearly 

 equals the head iu length, is slightly notched at the tip, and 

 has a few rictal bristles ; the tarsi are about equal to the middle 

 toe and claw ; the very long, pointed wings exceed the tail by 

 an inch, and the tail is slightly 

 graduated. The system of col- 

 oration is peculiar, resulting in 

 one of the handsomest of the 

 Warblers, the whole head and 

 under parts being intense gold- 

 en-yellow, shading on the back 



through olive to bluish-ash. There Fig- ao—mrm-eating WarWer. 



is but one species, inhabiting the Eastern United States, and, 

 unlike the HelmintJiophagm, nesting in holes. The genus Helmin- 

 therus* is even nearer Helminthophaga, having an entirely 



Motacnia protonotarlus, Gm. SN. i. 1788,972, n. 111.— Turt. SN. 1. 1806, 598.— icss. Tr. Orn. 



1831, 418. 

 SylTla protonotarlus, Zath. 10. ii. 1790, 542, n. 128.— T. OAS. ii. 1807, 27, pi. 83.— Fife. AO. iil 



1811, 72, pi. 24, f. 3.—Bp. Joaru. Phlla. Acad. iv. 1824, 195.— Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 11. 1826, 



BS.—lfutt. Man. 1. 1832, 410.— Aud. OB. i. 1832, 22 ; v. 1839, 460, pi. 3 {Bacnis on pi.). 

 8f Irlcola protonotaria, BUh. Kep. Brit Assoc. Adv. ScL for 1836, 1837, 171. 

 TermlTOra protonotarlus, Bp. CGL. 1838, il.—TVoodli. Sitgr. Eep. Zufii, 1853, n.—Say, 



Smiths. Eep. for 1864, 1865, 438 (Missonri). 

 Helinala protonotarlus, Aud. Syn. 1839, m.—Aud. BA. ii. 1841, 89, pL Wi.—Pratten, Tr. 



Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 002. 

 nelmitheros protonotarlus. Up. CA. i. 1850, 314. 

 Helmlntbophaga protonotarlus. Cab. ME. i. 1850, 20. 

 Motacllla aurlcollis, Om. SN. 1. 1788, 984, n. 150 (Brise. iii. 508, n. 59, pi. 26, f. 1 ; Buff. v. 290 j 



Perm. IL 408).— Tar*. SN. i. 1800, 606. 

 Sylvia aurlcollis. Lath. 10. ii. 1790, 536, n. 107 (Buff. v. 290).— F. Enoy.M«th. ii. 1823,447, 



n.99.— i\r«M. Man. i. 1832, 380.— Pea6. Eep. Orn. Mass. 1839, 309.— 2>WMi. Am. Journ. SoL 



xliv. 1843, 257 (see Uerr. Trans. Conn. Acad. iv. 1877, 147). 

 SylTlcola aurlcollis, Nutt. "Man. i. 2d ed. 1840, 431". 

 Mniotilta aurlcollis. Gray, G. of B. i. 1848, 196. 

 Orange-throat Warbler, Perm. AZ. ii. 1785, 408, n. 304. 

 Orange-throated Warbler , Lath. Syn. ii. pt. ii. 1783, 481, n. 103 (" Canada"). 

 erand Fignler de Canada, Ficcdula canadensis major, Briss. Orn. iii. 1760, 508, u. 59, 

 Flguler Frotonotaire, Buff. " ix. 465 ",or"v. 316 ", or " vL 191 ". [pi. 26, f. 1. 



Fanvette protonotalre, Sylvia protonotaria, T. K. D. d'H. N. xi. 1817, 211, pi. D 22, £ 2. 

 Flguler ft gorge orang^e. Buff. "v. 290". 



Flguler & ventre et tctc Jaunes de la loulslane. Buff. F£. 704, C 2. 

 Fauvette a gorge orangee, T. Enoy. M6th. ii. 1823, 447. 



Frothonotary Warbler, Perm. AZ. ii. 1785, 410, n. 310.— ia(A. Syn. ii. pt. IL 1783, 494, n. 123. 

 Prothonotary Warbler, Protbonotary Swamp Warbler, Golden Swamp Warbler, Auiftora. 



Hab. — Eastern United States, rather southerly. North casually to Maine 

 and N«w Brunswick. West to Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas. 

 Cuba (the only West Indian record). Apparently not noted in Mexico. South 

 to Panama. Has been found breeding abundantly in Illinois and Kansas. 

 Rare or casual in all Eastern and Middle States. Not known to winter in 

 the United States. 



* Uelmlntberns vermivorns.— Worm-eating: Warbler. 

 Motacllla vermlvora, Om. SN. i. 17S8, 951, n. 55 (Edw. pi. 305, &o.).— 2Vrt. SN. i. 1806, 585. 

 Sylvia vermlvora, Lath. 10. ii. 1790, 544, n. 138.— TTils. AO. iil 1811, 74, pL 24, f. 4.— r 



