Lexington, Mass.
1910.
June 9
(No 5)
[June 9, 1910]

Helmin. leucobronchialis [Helminthophila leucobronchialis].

failed to see what the [female] did with it. The male was a perfectly
typical chrysoptera in high plumage with jet black throat & cheeks.
  Soon after this we heard the song of what I should
have unhesitatingly called a Golden-winged Warbler coming
from a solitary oak that stood in the open briary space
about 30 yards from the west. After circling about this tree
for several minutes we fin [finally] saw the bird and he proved to
be the [male] leucobronchialis [Helminthophila leucobronchialis] an exquisitely beautiful and
ultra typical one. There was not the slightest trace of yellow on
his under parts which seemed to be everywhere clear, silky
white from the chin to the [?] including the sides. The black
line through the eye was very strongly marked, the yellow of the
crown deep & rich, the back clear ashy. The yellow bars
on the wings were broad & well-nigh confluent. All this
we saw distinctly for the bird was in full sunlight much of the
time. He sat for minutes on a dead twig singing many times without