438 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Helinaiaswainsoni'RiTiGn' AY, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club., iii, 1878, 163 (Knox Co., 

 Indiana); Orn. Illinois, i, 1889, 121.— Nbwton, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, 

 552 (Jamaica).— Bkewster, Auk, ii, 1885, 76 [65-80] (monographic), 346- 

 348 (descr. nests and eggs).— Mekeiam, Auk, ii, 1885, 377 (Jamaican rec- 

 ords) .— Lawbencb, Auk, iv, 1887, 37, 263 (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana) .— 

 Beckham, Auk, iv, 1887, 305 (Bayou Sara, Louisiana; descr. habits and 

 song).— Galbbaith, Auk, v, 1888, 323 (Lake Pontchartrain).— CoEy, Auk, 

 viii, 1891, 296 (Bimini islands, Bahamas); Cat. W. I. Birds, 1892, 117 (Cuba; 

 Jamaica).— FisHEE, Auk, xii, 1895, 307 (Dismal Swamp, Virginia). 



Helomea maimoni Eidgway, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, Mar. 27, 1880, 2; Aug. 24, 

 1880, 171; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 76; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vi, 1881, 

 54 (Navarro Co., Texas).— Ogilby, Sci. Proc. Hoy. Dublin Soc, iii, 1882, 

 (18) (Rice, Navarro Co., Texas, Aug. 24).— Meeriam, Auk, ii, 1885, 104 

 (Sombrero Key, Florida, Sept. 14-21). 



Vermivora swainsoni Bonapaete, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 21. 



MlniotUta] swainsoni Geay, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



IMniotilta'] swainsoni Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 239, no. 3464. 



H\_elmitheros'\ swaiiuoni Cabanis, Mus. Hein., i, 1850, 20, footnote. 



[Helmitherosl swainsoni Bonapaete, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 314. 



HelmUherus swainsonii Baied, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 252; Cat. N. 

 Am. Birds, 1859, no. 179. 



HelmUherus swainsoni Baird, Review Am. Birds, 1865, 180. — Gundlach, Repert. 

 Fisico.-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 232; Journ. fur Orn., 1872, 412 (Cuba).— CouBS, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xii, 1868, 109 (South Carolina); Check List, 1873, no. 

 61.— Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., ii, 1871, 269 (St. Augustine, Florida, 

 Apr.).— Maynaed, Birds Florida, 1873, 47.— Baied, Brewer, and Eidgway, 

 Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 190, pi. 10, fig. 9; iii, 1874, 504 (Florida).— Beown, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, iii, 1878, 172 (Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, Alabama; 

 habits and song).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 27; Birds W. I., 1889, 41 (Cuba; 

 Jamaica). 



[HelmUherus'] swainsoni Coey, List Birds W. I., 1885, 7. 



{HehnUherus} swainsonii CouES, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 93. 



Helmintherus sviainsoni CouES, Birds Col. Yal., 1878, 212, footnote; Check List, 

 2ded., 1882, no. 97. 



Hlelminthei~us] sxvainsoni Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 292. 



H^elminihoiherus] swainsoni Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 

 14, Aug., 1880, 112.— Newton (A. and E.), Handb. Jamaica, 1881, 105. 



Helminthotherus swainsoni Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., x, 1885, 232 (Jamaica). 



Helminthophaga swainsonii AxiMS, Am. Nat., iii, 1869, 513. 



Genus HELMITHEROS Rafinesque. 



HelmUheros Rafinesque, Journ. de Phys., Ixxxviii, 1819, 418. (Type, H. inigra- 



torius Rafinesque, =MotaciUa vermivora Gmelin. ) 

 HelmUherus Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 250. 

 Helmintherus (emendation) Salvin, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1867, 135. 

 HelmUhera (emendation) Sundevall, Tent. Meth. Av. Disp., 1872, 28. 

 Helminthotherus (emendation) Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves, i, sig. 



14, Aug., 1880, 112. 



Similar to Helinaia, but with the bill shorter, less compressed, with 

 culmen slightly curved and not conspicuously ridged, nor elevated 

 between nostrils; ninth primary longer than seventh (instead of 

 shorter); head consjjicuously striped (four black inclosing three buff 

 stripes). 



