Ank, XITI. Jnly,1890, p_/^. ^6 3 - V, 



Helminthophila rubricapilla vs. Helminthophila ruficapilla. — The 

 A. O. U. Committee appear to have ignored tlieir rule "Once a synonym 

 always a synonym," in the case of the Nashville Warbler. The West 

 Indian Dendroica ruficafilla was called Sylvia ruficapilla by Latham in 

 1790 (Ind. Orn., II, S40). Wilson applied the same name to the Nash- 

 ville Warbler in i8n (Amer. Orn., Ill, 120). Whether by design or by 



inadvertence, the name was altered to 5. rubricapilla in a later volume 

 of Wilson (Amer. Orn., VI, 1812, 15) and this appears to be the earliest 

 eligible name for the Nashville Warbler. Under the A. O. U. Code. Nos. 

 645 and 645a of the 'Check-List' should therefore stand as Helmintho- 

 fhila rubricapilla (Wils.) and Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis 

 (Ridgw.). — Walter Faxon, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cam- 

 hri,lo-c, Mass. 



1200. The Genus Helmintliof haga. By Dr. Morris Gibbs. American 

 Field, Vol. XXIII, No. I, Jan. 3, 1885, p. S.— A review of the four species 

 of this genus wliich have been recorded from Kalamazoo County, Mich. 



431. Fresh -work in an Old Field. By J. M. W[hipple] . . p. 173. 



—Finding of nest and eggs of the Nashville Warbler. j l .VH 



