76 BIRDS. 



** Stout species; the bill short and stout, blue-black; both culmen 

 and commissure decidedly curved ; a pale stripe running from 

 bill to and around eye; white wing bars; quills blackish, 

 mostly edged with white ; feet stout. (Lantmreo, Bd.) 

 | Primaries apparently 9. 



4. V. flavifrons, (Vieill.) Baird. YELLOW -THROATED 

 VIREO. Rich olive green above, becoming ashy on 

 rump; bright yellow below; belly white; superciliary 

 line and orbital ring yellow; L. 5; W. 3; T. 2. 

 E. U. S., abundant; a brightly colored species. 



\\ Primaries evidently 10. 



5. V. solitaria, (Wils.) Baird. BLUE - HEADED VIREO. 

 SOLITARY GREENLET. Bright olive green: crown and 

 sides of head bluish ash; stripe to and around eye white, 

 a dusky line below it; white below, somewhat washed 

 with pale yellow; L. 5f; W. 3; T. 2. U. S., in wood- 

 land, frequent; a stout, handsome species. 



2. VIREO, Vieillot. SHORT -WINGED VIREOS. 



1. V. noveboracensis, (Gm.) Bonap. WHITE -EYED 

 VIREO. Bright olive green, white below; sides and 

 crissum bright yellow; pale wing bars; stripe from bill 

 to and around eye, yellow; eyes white; L. 5; W. 2; 

 T. 2^. E. U. S., in thickets; a sprightly bird, with a loud 

 and varied song. 



2. V. belli, Aud. BELL'S VIREO. Olive-green, yellow 

 below, chin and superciliary line whitish; wing bars 

 whitish; L. 4; W. 2; T. 2. Western, E. to Ills, and 

 Neb. Resembles V. gilva. 



FAMILY XXXIL LANIID^E. 



(The Shrikes.) 



Primaries 10, the first short (rarely wanting); bill hawk- 

 like, very strong, the upper mandible toothed and ab- 



