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upper parts immaculate. The yellow of the median stripe on the forehead 
is usually restricted to the bases of the feathers, but in some specimens it 
extends to their tips, forming a conspicuous marking. In others again it 
is wholly wanting. 
The place which Helinaia .should occupy in systematic lists 
is a somewhat puzzling question. Its long wings, large, flesh- 
colored feet, and sluggish terrestrial habits indicate an affinity 
with Oforornis; its acute, compressed bill and short tarsi a per- 
haps stronger one with Helmitherus. In many respects it seems to 
form a connecting link between these two genera, with Helmith- 
erus extending the chain towards Helminthofhila. Baird 
apparently held some such view in 185S, for he placed Helmith- 
erus (in which he included Hel inaia') between Icteria and 
Helminthoflnla, and Oporornis immediately before Icteria. 
Subsequently he separated Ilelniinthophila further from Opor- 
ornis by the intervention of the additional genera Perisso- 
jflossa, Dendrosca^ and Siurus, and later authorities have 
widened the gap still more. Leaving out of consideration the 
Ccerebidas, a troublesome family which seems to grade insensibly 
into the Sylvicolidai through such genera as Helminthophila and 
Perisso£-lossa, our North American Sylvicolidas might be very 
naturally arranged as follows: \ . Mniotilta ; 2, Dendrceca (in- 
clud ing Perissog'lossa and Pe 7 A.ced 7 'amus as sub-genera) ; 3, 
Protonotaria ; 4, Parula; 5, Helminthophila; 6, Heh7iith- 
ei-us; 7, Helmaia; 8, Siuri/.s; 9, Oporo/'nis ; 10, Geothlypis ; 
II, Icteria; 12, Myiodioctes ; 13, Setophaga; 14, Cardellina ; 
15 ’ Ergaticus : 16, Pasileuterus. The Cmrebidie, however, 
cannot be thus conveniently ignored, and the general subject is far 
too important and comprehensive to be discussed within the 
limits of the present paper. 
Recapitulation. — Within the United States Swainson’s War- 
bler has been taken only in South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, 
Alabama, and Texas. There is but one extralimital record 
(Havana, Cuba). It has been erroneously accredited to New 
England, on incomplete evidence to Southern Illinois. It is not 
known to winter within the United States, but on the contrary 
seems to emigrate southward before the approach of cold weather 
(latest date, September 25) , returning again in April (earliest date, 
April 13). It has occurred in numbers only near Charleston, 
South Carolina, [*] where alone it has been positively ascertained 
[* Cf. p. 62 of this number' of 'The Auk.' — E dd.] 
