Captukb of a Fifth Specimen of the White-throated Waeblbr 

 (Helminthophaga kucobronchialis). — I am indebted to Mr. E. I. Shorea 

 for the opportunity of examining a specimen of the White-throated 

 Warbler, which was taken by him at Suffield, Conn., July 3, 1875. It is 

 an adult male in verj"- worn pl'image. In every essential particular it 

 agrees well with my tj^pe of the species, though exhibiting certain peculi- 

 arities of coloration not found in any of the three specimens which I have 

 previously examined. These differences are such as might be expected to 

 occur in a series suflBiciently large to present the range of individual 

 variation, and do not tend to establish any closer connection with either 

 of the allied species. The most marked departure from the type is pre- , 

 sented by the coloration of the under parts. The entire pectoral region is 

 washed with pale yellow, which extends down along the sides of the abdo- 

 men nearly to the tail. This coloring proves upon examination to be a 

 merely superficial tipping to the feathers. In a good series of H. chrysop- 

 tera before me several specimens occur which are marked in a nearly 

 similar manner, though in none of them does the yellow wash extend so 

 far down upon the sides. With this latter species it seems to be a purely 

 individual phase of coloration, dependent neither upon age nor season. 

 Several young males in newly completed autumnal dress do not show the 

 slightest trace of its presence, while a young female in fall plumage is 

 quite distinctly tinged across the breast. The spring specimens most 

 strongly marked are all apparently very adult birds. 



Another point of difference, scarcely to be expected when the unusual 

 amoimt of yellow beneath is taken in consideration, is found in the 

 restricted area of the yellow marking upon the wing-coverts. In the 

 type specimen the wing-bands are nearly confluent, and present the 

 appearance of a single broad yellow band upon the wing, while in Mr. 

 Shores's specimen they are widely separated. This, however, seems to be 

 mainly due to the imperfect condition of the plumage, whereby the darker 

 bases of many of the greater coverts are exposed. No further differences 

 worthy of note occur, and the salient characters of white cheeks and eye- 

 lids, narrow restricted black line through the eye, etc., are all strongly 

 presented. Mr. Shores's specimen makes the fifth that has already been 

 brought to light, and is the second reported from Connecticut. — William 

 Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



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Another Example of Helminthophaga leucobronchialis from Connect- 

 icut. — Through the I<indness of Mr. Harry W. Flint, of Deep River 

 Conn.. I have the pleasure of examining a specimen of this Warbler killed 

 by him. May iS, iSSo, at Deep River. It shows a slight sulfusion of yellow 



nder each eve and c 



nd the pectoral region is washed 



with the same color, M hich extends over the abdomen nearly to the tail. 

 The wing-bands are very much restricted, and the white is" tinged with 

 yellow. This is. I believe, the thirteenth known example and the fifth 

 reported from Connecticut.— Jno. H. Sagi-;. Portjand, Conn. 



[I am indebted to Mr. Sage foran opportunity of examining the specimen 

 above mentioned. It difl'ers from the type, as well as from all the other 

 examples which I have seen, in having the yellow of the forehead par- 

 tially obscured by a superficial mark of greenish-olive, in the unusual re- 

 striction of the wing-bands, ana in the generall y immature appearance of 

 the plumage. These characteristics are just what we should expect in the 

 female of leucobronclnalh, and I doubt not that the collector's mark of ? 

 is correct.— William Brrwster.] Auk, I, Jan., 1884. V>. f / . 



Another Example of Helminthophila leucobroncniana i.^... 



cut.— Mr. Harry W. Flint has kindly presented me with a specimen of this 

 Warbler which he killed at New Haven, Conn., May 19, 1S85. It is a 

 male, and shows a slight suffusion of yellow under each eye and on the 

 chin,' as well as a light bar of the same color across the breast ; rest of 

 unde'rparts white. The wing bars are very much restricted, and the white 

 is tinged with yellow, and there is a spot of the same color on the back.— 

 Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Auk, 2. July, 1886. p. 30V . 



