Occurrence of Helminthophila leucobronchialis in Virginia. — I have to 

 announce the capture of this Warbler by myself on May 15, near Fort 

 Meyer, Arlington, Alexandria Co., Va. It was moving quickly in the 

 underbrush in a low wet wood, and at the moment when shot was hanging 

 back downwards, in the manner of H. chrysoptera. I heard no note, as I 

 shot it as soon as possible, thinking it was a Golden-winged Warbler, 

 which is very rare here. This is, I believe, the fourteenth specimen that 

 has been taken, but the first south of New York. The specimen, which is 

 a male, agrees closely with the description of the type as given in No. I, 

 Vol. I, of the ' Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club,' except that it 

 has more olive mixed with the yellow on'the crown. The specimen is now 

 in the National Museum Collection, No. 104,684, and is the first one that 

 it has received. — William Palmer, Smithsonia7i Institution, Washing- 

 ion, D. C. Auk, a, July, 1885. p. J ^ V . 



3u 



,, , r, ',-^- ' ,White-throated 



I Warbler {Helmtnthofihila leucobronchialis) . ^ot^& by Mr. William Palmer 

 iin 'The Auk' for July, ^ „ ''y 



Amk, 9, Jm., 188«. p.,3<f '^-^^^ ^ , ^-^ 



Occurrence of the White-throated 

 Warbler ( so-called) at Raleigh, 

 N. C. 



BY O. S. BRIMLEY. 



A $ specimenof the hybrid between Helmin- 

 thophila pinus and H. chrysoptera, referable to 

 the form formerly known as the White-throat- 

 ed Warbler (leucohranchialis) was taken here 

 by my brother on Sept. 6, 1888. The bird was 

 killed In mixed woods, being at the time in the 

 company of a large quantity of other Warblers, 

 and was not supposed to be anything out of the 

 way until after its capture. 



The bird was of a mixed bluish and greenish 

 above, the rump being without any bluish tint; 

 the loral strip was black and there were black 

 traces about the auriculars. Under parts were 

 mostly white except the forepart of the breast 

 which was yellow; throat and neck below 

 white, chin yellow. The crown, forehead and 

 wingbars bright yellow as in chrysoptera. 

 Measurements L. 5, W. 2i\, T. l}f, E. 7ii, Sept. 

 6, 1888, ?. O &0. XIII. Dec. 1888 p. 189 



V to Louisiana. — In a 

 1 C. S. Galbaith by I 

 species which have : 



small collection of birds re- 

 le American Museum ofNat- 

 ot been before recorded from 



On Two Birds New 



cently purchased fron 

 jural History, are two 

 Louisiana ; they are 



:La Spnng of iScjr. Collector C. S. Galbraith. Sex not de.enuine 1 

 but the example .sev.dently a male.) So far as pattern of marking' s 

 concerned thus specimen agrees with Ilelniinthop/Ma fin,,. In coloration 

 .t IS m.dway between pinns and typical leucobronckiali.., that is, the under- 

 iparts are whUe with a patch of yellow on the breast and more or less of 



wU i ve 1 Th ■ " w,ng-coverts are more heavily marked 



w h M T-i " T 'P^"""""' °f /""'S ^ r«ct not in strict accord 

 with Mr. Ridgway s theory of dichromatism in this pu^zlin<. groun (Cf 

 Man. N. A. Birds, p, 486, footnote.) If with Mr. Ridgway we assume 

 t IS specimen to be a '.euchroiC example of pin„s we shoiL not'expect 

 that a diminution o yellow on the abdomen and back would be attended 

 [by an increase of yellcw on the wing-coverts. 



- ■ 



- The hybrid "Helminthophila cunobrimn- f 

 hialis" taken on Sept. 6, 1888 by H. H. Brimley 

 near Ealeigh may also be reckoned in some 

 sense as an addition to the list. 



O &0. XIII. Dec. 1888 p. 187 



