. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. SYNONYMY OP HELMINTHERUS VEEMIVOEUS 211 characterized by Its much larger, less acute bill, which nearly equals the head iu length, is slightly notched at the tip, and has a few rictal bristles; the tarsi are about equal to the middle toe and claw ; the very long, pointed wings exceed the tail by an inch, and the tail is slightly graduated. The system of col- oration is peculiar, resulting in one of the handsomest of the Warblers, the whole head and under parts being intense gold
. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. SYNONYMY OP HELMINTHERUS VEEMIVOEUS 211 characterized by Its much larger, less acute bill, which nearly equals the head iu length, is slightly notched at the tip, and has a few rictal bristles; the tarsi are about equal to the middle toe and claw ; the very long, pointed wings exceed the tail by an inch, and the tail is slightly graduated. The system of col- oration is peculiar, resulting in one of the handsomest of the Warblers, the whole head and under parts being intense gold- en-yellow, shading on the back through olive to bluish-ash. There Fig-ao—mrm-eating WarWer. is but one species, inhabiting the Eastern United States, and, unlike the HelmintJiophagm, nesting in holes. The genus Helmin- therus* is even nearer Helminthophaga, having an entirely Motacnia protonotarlus, Gm. SN. i. 1788,972, n. 111.—Turt. SN. ,598.—icss. Tr. Orn. 1831, 418. SylTla protonotarlus, Zath. 10. ii. 1790,542, n. 128.—T. OAS. ii. 1807,27, pi. 83.—Fife. AO. iil 1811,72, pi. 24, f. 3.—Bp. Joaru. Phlla. Acad. iv. 1824,195.—Bp. Ann. Lye. N. Y. , BS.—lfutt. Man. ,410.—Aud. OB. i. 1832, 22; v. 1839, 460, pi. 3 {Bacnis on pi.). 8f Irlcola protonotaria, BUh. Kep. Brit Assoc. Adv. ScL for 1836,1837,171. TermlTOra protonotarlus, Bp. CGL. 1838, il.—TVoodli. Sitgr. Eep. Zufii, 1853, n.—Say, Smiths. Eep. for 1864,1865, 438 (Missonri). Helinala protonotarlus, Aud. Syn. 1839, m.—Aud. BA. ii. 1841, 89, pL Wi.—Pratten, Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 002. nelmitheros protonotarlus. Up. CA. i. 1850,314. Helmlntbophaga protonotarlus. Cab. ME. i. 1850,20. Motacllla aurlcollis, Om. SN. , 984, n. 150 (Brise. iii. 508, n. 59, pi. 26, f. 1; Buff. v. 290 j Perm. IL 408).—Tar*. SN. i. 1800, 606. Sylvia aurlcollis. Lath. 10. ii. 1790, 536, n. 107 (Buff. v. 290).—F. «th. ii. 1823,447, —i\r«M. Man. i. 1832,380.—Pea6. Eep. Orn.
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