188 VIRGINIA’S WARBLER. 
a large black throat-patch; white blotches on several tail-feathers; bill, black. Female and immature 
specimens have the back and wings glossed with yellowish-olive, and the peculiar markings of the 
head and throat obscure. 
“Length, 5.00 to 5.25 inches; wing, 2.50 to 2.75, tail, 2.25 inches.” (Stearns and Coues, ‘(New 
England Bird Life,” I, p. 115.) 
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LUCY’S WARBLER. 
Helmintophila luctza Ripcway. 
Lucy’s WARBLER inhabits the valleys of the Colorado and Gila Rivers in Arizona 
and occurs south into Mexico. According to Dr. Elliott Coues this Warbler reaches the 
vicinity of Fort Whipple, Arizona, which is pretty high among the mountains, about 
the middle of April and remains until the latter part of September, if not longer. These 
Warblers certainly breed there, for Dr. Coues observed newly fledged young in May. 
Captain Bendire discovered a nest with eggs of this species near Tucson, Arizona, May 
19, 1872. The structure was placed between the loose bark and the trunk of a dead 
tree, a few feet from the ground, similar to that of our Brown Creeper. In the same 
locality, Mr. F. Stephens found the birds abundant in 1882. They frequented the willows 
along the banks of streams, and spent much time in searching for insects on the outer 
branches. Many nests and eggs were examined after May 8. The situation of the nests 
varied considerably, the characteristic place being like that found by the well-known 
ornithologist and oologist, Captain Bendire, but nests were also built in deserted Wood- 
pecker’s holes, knot-holes, and other crevices, and a brood of young was found in the 
deserted domicile of the Verdin. The eggs, usually four in number, are white, sparsely 
spotted with brown and black, chiefly at the larger end. 
NAMES: Lucy’s WarBLER. 
SCIENTIFIC NAMES: AHelmintophaga lucize Cooper (1862). Mniotilta luciz Giebel (1875). HELMINTO- 
PHILA LUCI4 Riveway (1882). 
DESCRIPTION: ‘Clear ashy-gray. Beneath white, with a faint tinge of buff on the breast. A rich chestnut 
patch on the crown, and upper tail-coverts of the same color. A white eye-ring. Quills and tail- 
feathers edged with the color of the back, or whitish. Lateral tail-feather with an obscure whitish 
patch. Lining of wing white. Feet dull lavender-olive. Iris dark brown or black. 
“Length, 4.33 inches; wings, 2.25; tail, 1.75 inches.” (Coues). 
VIRGINIA’S WARBLER. 
Helmintophila virginize Ripcway. 
This Warbler inhabits the Rocky Mountain region, from Colorado, Utah, and 
Nevada southward. In some portions of that region Vircinia’s WARBLER is quite 
abundant. Prof. Ridgway found it common in the East Humboldt and Wahsatch 
Mountains, where it was breeding in thickets of scrub-oak. A nest with eggs, discovered 
by him, was imbedded in a thick layer of old decaying leaves, which covered the ground. 
Its rim was even with the surface. It was built under dense oak-bushes, on the side of 
a narrow ravine, at the bottom of which was a small stream. The material consisted 
