be the parent of this specimen. ( C/. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 



VI, p. 221.) 



(4) An adult(?), sex not stated, obtained at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 

 3, r88i, by Dr. A. K. Fisher. Resembles specimen No. 8 (No. 605, Coll. 

 A. K. Fisher), but has the wing-bands "yellow, not white." (C/. Fisher, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 245.) 



(5) An adult $ (?) obtained in Ottawa Co., Mich., May 25, 1879, by 

 W. A. Gunn. Whole breast bright gamboge yellow, with a shai-ply defined, 

 truncated anterior outline, but posteriorly extending farthest along the 

 median line, to the upper part of the abdomen; cheeks and chin tinged 

 withlightyellow; upper part washed with olive-green. Typeof gun?ii 

 Gibbs." {Cf. Gibbs, 'Daily Democrat,' a newspaper of Grand Rapids, 

 Mich., June i, 1879. — Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club. IV, p. 185. — Ridgw. 

 ib., p. 233.) 



(6) An adult $ taken at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 3, 1881, by Dr. A. 

 K. Fisher (collector's No. 1235). Has ''a broad patch of pale yellow on 

 the breast." (C/ Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI p. 219.) 



(7) An adult ? taken at Sing Sing, N. Y., July 24, 1881, by Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher (collector's No. 1210). Entirely pale greenish yellow beneath; 

 the back is similar to that of ^hius but the nape is decidedly ashy, and the 

 wing-bands as clearly yellow as in chrysoftera; the dusky brown eye-stripe 

 is restricted to the lores and post-orbital spot." (C/. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VI, p. 220.) 



b. Wing-bands -white. 



(8) An adult $ collected at Sing Sing, N. Y., August 24, 1879, by Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher (collector's No. 605). "Exhibits a faint wash of lemon yellow 

 on the throat, while a broad space across the breast is deep gamboge 

 yellow, and the wing-bands are pure white." (C/. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VI, p. 219.) 



(9) An adult ? (.?) collected at Nyack, N. J., in May, 1878, by Eugene 

 P. Bicknell;No. 2620, Coll. W. Brewster. "Has the chin decidedly yellow; 

 the throat, cheiScs, and a small space on the abdomen white; the remain- 

 der of the lower parts gamboge yellow ; the wing-bands white ; the nape 

 ashy tinged with green ; the occiput, back, and wings as purely green as 

 in H. pinus." {Cf. Brewster /. c.) 



c. Wing-bands mixed -white and yellow. 



(10) An adult S killed at New Haven, Conn., May 19, 1885, by Harry 

 W. Flint. It "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 .... 

 the wing-bars are very much restricted, and the white is tinged with yel- 

 low, and there is a spot of the same color on the back. {Cf. Sage, Auk, II, 

 p. 304.) 



III. Presumed hybrids of H. leucobronchialis with II. chrysoftera. 



Characters. — Entirely white beneath (except on sides), as in H 

 leticobronchialis, but with black auriculars of //. chrysoftera. 



(1) An adult ? ( ?) obtained at Sing Sing, N. Y., July 24, 1881, by Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher (collector's No. 1208). Cf. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VI, p. 219.) 



(2) An adult ? (?) obtained at Sing Sing, N. Y., July 24, i88i, by Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher. {Cf. Fisher, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 245.) 



IV. Presumed hybirds between H. chrysoftera AND H. finus 

 (= 'II. latvrencei Herrick.'). 



Characters : Black or gray throat and auriculars of chrysoftera, with 

 restof head and thelower parts yellow, as inpinus; upperparts olive-green 

 as in pinus. Wing-bands yellow or white. 



a. Wing-bands -white. 



(1) The type, an adult obtained at Passaic, N. J., May, 1874, by 

 Harold Herrick. {Cf. Herrick, Pr. Phil. Ac. Nat. Sci. 1874, p. 220, pi. 15.) 



(2) An adult $ from Hoboken, N. J., taken in the spring of 1876. 

 {Cf Herrick, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, p. 19.) 



b. Wing-bands yellow. 



(3) An adult ? taken at Highland Falls, N. Y., July 7, 1879, by Dr. 

 Edgar A. Mearns (No. 4667, Coll. W. Brewster). This specimen presents 

 nearly the characters that would be looked for in the female of lawrencei; 

 the throat and cheek-markings are those of chrysoptera {ie.m&\&^ , while 

 the remainder of the plumage is colored nearly as in pinus, the wing- 

 bands, however, are yellow, instead of white, and the back is not purely 

 olive-green." {Cf. Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, p. 220.) 



Auk, 2, Oct., 1886. p. 3^- 3(o3> . 



