SYLYXCOLIDiE — THE WARBLERS. 
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outer edges of tertials and inner of all the wing and tail feathers, and a spot on the inner 
webs of the outer two tail-feathers, white. Rump and upper tail-coverts black, edged 
externally with white. Female similar ; the under parts white, obsoletely streaked with 
black on the sides and under tail-coverts. Length, 5 inches ; wing, 2.85 ; tail, 2.25. Nest 
on ground. Eggs thickly dotted and blotched with red. 'Hah. Eastern Province of 
North America, and north to Fort Simpson. Both coasts of Mexico (as far north as 
Mazatlan, on west side), and southward to Bogota. Whole of West Indies and Bermuda. 
(Black and White Creeper.) 
Genus PROTONOTARIA, Baird. (Page 19.) 
P. citrea, Baird. Bill very large ; as long as the head. Head and neck all round, 
with the entire under parts, including the tibiae, rich yellow, excepting the anal region and 
under tail-coverts, which are white. Back dark olive-green, with a tinge of yellow ; 
rump, upper tail-coverts, wings, and tail above, bluish ash-color. Inner margin of quills 
and the tail-feathers (except the innermost) white ; the outer webs and tips like the back. 
Length, 5.40 ; wing, 2.90 ; tail, 2.25. Nest in holes and stumps. Eggs thickly blotched 
with reddish-brown. Hob. Eastern Province of United States (Southern region) ; Cuba, 
Costa Rica, and Panama R. R. Not recorded from Mexico or Guatemala. Accidental in 
New Brunswick (G. A. Boardman in letter). Yucatan (Lawrence). (Prothonotary 
Warbler .) 
Genus HELMITHERUS, Raf. (Page 20.) 
Species. 
Colors plain. Above olivaceous, beneath nearly white. No spots or bands on 
wing or tail. Length about 5.50. 
H. vermivorus. Above olive-green. Head yellowish, with two black 
stripes above and one behind the eye. Tail rounded. Nest on ground. 
Eggs white; dotted with reddish-brown. Hah. Eastern United States, 
. south to Costa Rica; Cuba. Helmitherus. ( Worm-eating Warbler .) 
H. swains oni. Above dull olive-green, tinged with brown. Stripes on 
the head somewhat as in the last, but reddish-brown; the median light 
stripe on the crown scarcely visible. Tail slightly forked. Hob. South 
Carolina and Georgia; Cuba (very rare). Helinaia. (Swainson's War- 
bler.) 
Genus HELMINTHOPHAGA, Caban. (Page 20.) 
In size among the most diminutive of Warblers ; not exceeding 5 inches. Nest on the 
ground. Eggs generally clear white, minutely and rather sparsely dotted with brown. 
Species and Varieties. 
A. Tail with a conspicuous patch pf white. 
a. A black patch covering throat and breast. 
1. chrysoptera. Above ash, beneath white. Forehead and a patch 
on the wing yellow. Hah. Eastern Province of United States, south to 
Bogota; Cuba, (Golden-winged Warbler.) 
2. bachmanni. Above olive-green ; beneath, with forehead, yellow ; 
crown ash, bounded anteriorly with a black bar. No yellow on wing. 
Hah. South Carolina and Georgia. Cuba in winter. (Bachman's War- 
bler.) 
