Excerpt from Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vol. 1: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology

Helminthophaga Leucobronchialis. Pl. 1

Adult male: summer plumage. Crown, bright yellow, slightly tinged with olive on the occiput. Greater and middle wing coverts, yellow, not so bright as the crown. Superciliary line, cheeks, throat and entire under parts, silky-white, with a slight tinge of pale yellow on the breast. Dorsal surface, - exclusive of nape which is clear ashy - washed with yellow, as are also the outer margins of the secondaries. A narrow line of clear black passes from the base of the upper mandible, through and to a short distance behind the eye, interrupted however by the lower eyelid, which is distinctly white. No trace of black on the cheeks or throat, even upon raising the feathers. Bill black. Feet, dark brown. Dimensions - length, 5.19, extent, 7.88 , wing, 2.45, tarsus, .71, tail, 1.86, culmen, .53.

It will be seen from the above description that this bird resembles most closely the Golden-winged Warbler, (Helminthophaga chrysoptera.)

The entire absence of black or ashy on the cheeks and throat, the peculiar character of the supereiliary line, and the white lower eyelid, present however differences not to be reconciled with any known seasonal or accidental variation of that species. The restricted line of black through the eye gives the bead a remarkable similarity to that of Helminthophaga pinus, but the semblance goes no farther.

The specimen above described was shot by the writer in Newtonville, Mass., May 18, 1870.It was in full song when taken and was flitting about in a thicket of birches near a swampy piece of oak and maple woods.

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