BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 459 



106.7-116.8 (110.7); wing, 56.6-61.5 (58.9); tail, 42.7-46.7 (4-4.2); 

 exposed culmen, 11.2-12.2 (11.4); tarsus, 17-17.5 (17.3).' 



Immature male in first autumn. — Similar to the adult male, but 

 crown entirely gray. 



AdnjUt female. — Much duller than the male, and without black on 

 crown, throat, or chest; yellow of forehead indistinct, not sharply 

 separated from gray of crown; olive-green of back, etc., more grayish; 

 chest and sides of breast strongly shaded with gray; length (skins), 

 106.7-110.5 (109.2); wing, 67.9-59.7 (58.7); tail, 43.7-45 (44.4); exposed 

 cuhnen, 10.9-11.9 (11.4); tarsus, 17-17.3 (17.3).^ 



A astro riparian district (humid division of Lower Austral life-zone) 

 of eastern United States; north to southeastern Virginia (Ayletts, 

 King William County), southern Indiana (Knox and Decatur coun- 

 ties — accidental in last?), and southeastern Missouri (Dunklin County); 

 Cuba in winter. 



Sylria bachmani Audubon, Orn. Biog., ii, 1834, 483, pi. 183 (Charleston, South 

 Carolina; type in coll. TJ. S. Nat. Mus. ). 



Sylvicola bachmani Eichakdson, Eep. Brit. Assoc, for 1836 (1887), 172. 



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



Helinaia bachmanii Audubon, Synopsis, 1839, 68; Birds Am., oct. ed., ii, 1841, 93, 

 pi. 108.— Brewer, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, 1860, 307 (Cuba) .— Lemeeye, 

 Aves de la Isla de Cuba, 1850, 36, pi. 6, fig. 1. 



M[niotilta] bachmani Gray, Gen. Birds, i, 1848, 196. 



[Mniotilta'] bachmani Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 239, no. 3460. 



[Helmiiheros] bachmani Bonaparte, Consp. Av., i, 1850, 315. 



Helminthophaga bachmani Gundlaoh, Journ. fiir Orn., 1855, 475 (Cuba); 1861, 

 326, 409 (do.); 1874, 411 (do.); Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1865, 322 (do.),— 

 Baird, Eep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 255; Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 

 182; Review Am. Birds, 1864, 175.— Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 64; 2d ed., 

 1882, no. 103; Birds Col. Val., 1878, 214, footnote.— Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. Birds, i, 1874, 194, pi. 11, fig. 3.— Ridgway, Ibis, 

 1876, 170; Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 78.— Cory, List Birds W. I., 1885, 

 7.— Maynard, Birds E. N. Am., 1882, 510. 



[Helminthophaga'] bachmanii Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 94. 



Hlelminthophagal bachmani Ridgway, Ibis, 1876, 168 (diagnosis). 



Helminthophila bachmani Ridgway, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, vii, Jan., 1882, 53.— 

 Bailey, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, viii, 1883, 38 (South Carolina; descr. sup- 

 posed eggs).— Cory, Auk, iii, 1886, 28 (Cuba); Birds W. 1., 1889, 42; Cat. 

 W. I. Birds, 1892, 117 (Cuba). — American Ornithologists' Union, Check 

 List, 1886, no. 640.— Lawrence, Auk, iv, 1887, 35-37 (Lake Pontchartrain, 

 Louisiana), 262 (do.).— Brewster, Auk, iv, 1887, 165 (spec, of unknown 

 locality in Lafresnaye coll.); viii, 1891, 149-157 (Suwanee R., Florida; 

 habits, variations of plumage, etc.).— Meeriam, Auk, iv, 1887, 262 (Som- 

 brero Key, Florida, Mar., 21).— Scott, Auk, iv, 1887, 348 (Key West, Flor- 

 ida) ; V, 1888, 428 (do., July 26); vii, 1890, 313 (Garden Key, Tortugaa, 

 Florida, Mar. 26 and Apr. 9).- -Galbraith, Auk, v, 1888, 323 (Lake Pont- 

 chartrain, Mar.).— Chapman, Auk, vi, 1889, 278 (Oak Lodge, Brevard Co., 

 Florida, Mar. 21).— Palmer (W. ), Auk, xi, 1894, 333 (Ayletts, King William 

 Co., Virginia, Aug.) .-Wayne, Auk, xii, 1895, 367 (WacissaR., n. w. Florida, 



' Eight specimens. ' Three specimens. 



