22 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



A certain "Orange-throated Warbler, Sylvia auricolUs" 

 is given as a migi-atory species of New- England by Pea- 

 body (p. 309, and Linsl., p. 257). AuricolUs is one of 

 .the old names of the Prothonotary Warbler, and is used 

 by Nuttall (Man. i, 1840, p. 431) for that species. Upon 

 what authority it has been inserted it is not apparent. 

 Prof. Baird has suggested to me that possibly the name 

 was used with reference to the Dendroeca dominica (= 

 nuperciliosa or pensilis of American writers) , but there is 

 no good evidence that the latter, which is a Central 

 American and Southern States species ever straggles as 

 far north as New England. It is, however, given by 

 Linsley (p. 258) upon the authority of Mr. Peabody and 

 Dr. De Kay. 



The Sylvia montana Wils. has also, I believe, been 

 attributed to New England ; but is a species which con- 

 tinues unknown to modern ornithologists. 



Icteria viridis Bon. — Yellow-breasted Chat. A very 

 rare summer visitor, not extending much if any north of 

 Massachusetts. 



Helmithems vermivorus Bon. — Worm-eating Warbler. 

 Very rare summer visitant ; known to extend north into 

 Maine. ( Fen'., p. 21.) 



Helmitherus Stvainsoni Bon. — Swainson's Warbler. 

 Entirely accidental summer visitor. A single instance of 

 its capture in Massachusetts, many years ago, by Dr. S. 

 Cabot, given by Audubon (Orn. Biog. v. p. 462), on the 

 authority of Dr. Brewer, appears to have furnished the 

 sole datum for its recognition as a New England bird by 

 subsequent writers. {Peab., p. 313 ; Putn.,^i 227 ; All., 

 p. 82.) I myself never saw it even so far north as Wash- 

 ington, D. C., and New England is wholly beyond its 

 proper range of habitat. 



Helminthophaga ruficapilla Baird. {S. r-ubricajoilla 

 of earlier writers). — Nashville Warbler. Chiefly spring 

 and autumn migrant, but some breed throughout New 

 England. Common. 



No. 494, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



Helminthophaga peregrina Cab. — Tennessee Warbler. 

 Chie y spring and autumn migrant. Very rare. A few 



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