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all the feathers acutely pointed. Median rectrices rather broad, lateral 
ones narrowing rapidly to the outermost, w'hich is extremely narrow. 
Bill straight, black. 
Female. Above entirely green, with a slight cinnamon shade on the 
rump. Under surface grayish- white, with a slight brownish tinge on the 
breast. Tail-feathers rufous at base, then a narrow subterminal bar of 
violaceous-black, and tipped with white. 
The next species I propose to call 
Selasphorus henshawi. 
Trochilus riifus, Henshaw, Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, Vol. II, p. 53 
(1877). 
Habitat. Mexico, northward along the Pacific coast to Sitka. 
Male. Top of the head metallic-green, rest of upper parts cinnamon, 
but some specimens have green feathers intermixed with the rufous on the 
back. Throat metallic-orange, not brilliant as in the other species. Breast, 
and the centre of the abdomen, white ; flanks and under tail-coverts 
rufous. Tail rufous, tipped with dark brown ; feathers pointed at tip, 
median pair broad, lateral ones growing narrower to the outermost, which 
is the most attenuated. On the inner web near the tip of the rectrices next the 
central pouir is a conspicuous well-developed notch. Bill black. Total 
length, 3| inches ; wing, Ij ; tail. If ; culmen, f . 
Female. Entire upper parts shining grass-green, dullest on the crown. 
Throat white, spotted with brown. Under parts white ; washed with 
rufous on the breast and flanks. Under tail-coverts buff. Median rec- 
trices green ; lateral ones rufous at base, then a band of metallic-green, 
succeeded by a subterminal broad black bar, and tips white. Bill black. 
Length, 3J inches ; wing. If ; tail, If ; culmen, f. Young males similar 
to the females, with a few metallic spots on the throat. 
THE YELLOW- THROATED WARBLER {DENDRCECA 
DOMINICA). 
BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. 
It is indeed surprising that a bird so generally distributed through- 
out the Southern States as the above-named species should be so lit- 
tle known. In “ History of North American Birds” (Vol. I, p. 241), 
Dr. Brewer prefaces his account of its habits by the remark that 
its history “ is very imperfectly known,” and then proceeds to draw 
upon the meagre and conflicting descriptions given by Wilson, 
Audubon, and Nuttall. Although I cannot myself claim an ac- 
