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Bill nearly as long as the head, less compressed than in the last ; 
wings rather long, second quill longest, first and third equal ; tail 
very slightly rounded. Upper parts light olive-green ; head and lower 
parts pale brownish-yellow, the former with four longitudinal black 
bands ; throat and abdomen nearly white. 
Male, 8|. 
From Texas northwards, and in the interior to the Missouri. Not 
very abundant. Migratory. 
Worm-eating Warbler, Sylvia vermivora, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 74. 
Sylvia vermivora, Bonap. Syn. p. 86. 
Worm-eating Warbler, Sylvia vermivora, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 177 ; v. v. p. 460. 
106. 3. Helinaia Protonotarius, Lath. Protlionotary 
S wamp-W arbler. 
Plate III. Male and Female. 
Bill nearly as long as the head ; first quill longest; tail even. Male 
with the head, neck, breast, and sides rich yellow, abdomen and 
lower tail-coverts white ; hind neck and fore part of back greenish- 
yellow, rump, tail-coverts, smaller wing-coverts and margin of the 
quills and tail-feathers light greyish-blue ; the latter, except the 
middle, having the greater part of their inner webs white. 
Male, 8^. 
From Texas eastward to Nova Scotia. In the interior to Kentucky. 
Saskatchewan. Rather rare. Migratory. 
Prothonotary Warbler, Sylvia Protonotarius, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 72. 
Sylvia Protonotarius, Bonap. Syn. p. 86. 
Prothonotary Warbler, Sylvia Protonotarius, v. i. p. 410. 
Prothonotary Warbler, Sylvia Protonotarius, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 22 ; v. v. 
p. 460. 
107. 4. Helinaia chrysoptera, Linn. Golden-winged 
Swamp- Warbler . 
Plate CCCCXIV. Fig. 1. Male. Fig. 2. Female. 
Bill slightly shorter than the head, tapering to an acute point ; 
wings with the second and third quills equal and longest, the fourth 
and first about equal ; tail even. Male light ash-grey above, greyish- 
white beneath ; upper part of head, and a patch on the wing, formed 
by the first row of small coverts and the secondary coverts, bright 
yellow ; a band from the bill to the eye, continued under it, and in- 
cluding the ear-coverts, black, as is the throat ; a white band from the 
upper mandible over the eye, and another from the lower mandible 
down the neck. Female with the tints less bright, the back tinged 
with green, the side of the head and the throat grey, and the white 
bands on the head narrower and less extended. 
Male, 5i, 71. Female, 5, 7?. 
