44 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



169. Myiadestes townsendi (Aud.) Cab. B 235. c 121. R 25. 



Townsend's Flycatching Thrush. 



170. Vireo olivaceus (L.) V. B 240. c 122. R 135. 



Red-eyed Greenlet. 



171. Vireo flaviviridis Cass. B 241. c . R isc. 



Yellow-green Greenlet. 



172. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus (Cab.) Coues. B 243. c 123. R 137. 



Black-whiskered Greenlet. 



173. Vireo philadelphicus Cass. B 244. c 124. R 138. 



Brotherly-love Greenlet. 



174. Vireo gilvus (V.) Bp. B 245. c 125. R 139. 



Warbling Greenlet. 



175. Vireo gilvus swainsoni Bd. B . c i25a. R isoa. 



Western Warbling Greenlet. 



176. Vireo flavifrons V. B 252. c 126. R 140. 



Yellow-throated Greenlet. 



177. Vireo solitarius V. B 250. c 127. R 141. 



Blue-headed Greenlet. 



178. Vireo solitarius cassini (Xantus) Ridg. B 251. c . R i4ia. (?) 



Cassin's Greenlet. 



169. Myl-a-des'-tes [mweeadaystace] town'-send-I. Gr. /j.v'ia, a fly, and fSfffr-fis, an eater; 



tSca, or f8o/j.ai, I eat; see Myiodioctes, No. 146. (Not to be written Myiadectes, as if fly- 

 " taker," Muscicapa, from fj.v7a and Se/cr^s, from Se'xo^ai). To J. K. Townsend, from 

 wliom Audubon received many new birds, and to whom lie dedicated several. 



170. Vlr'-g-o [vlr'ryoh, not vi'reo] 61-I-va'-c6-us. Lat. vireo, a kind of bird, from vireo, I am 



green or flourishing. Late Lat. olu-aceus, olive-like, olive-colored ; green obscured with 

 neutral tint ; oliva, the olive, from olea, Gr. t\ala, the olive-tree ; whence oleum, Gr. 

 t\aiov, Eng. oil, oleaginous, &c. 



171. V. fla-vl-vir'-l-dis. Lat. Jlavus, yellow, and viridis, green, from vireo. See Auriparus, 



No. 56. Commonly but wrongly written flavoviridis. 



This species is not in the first ed. of the Check List; it has only recently been dis- 

 covered in the United States, in Texas, by J. C. Merrill. 



172. V. al-tI'-16-qQus bar-ba'-tu-lus. Lat. altus, high, from alo, I bear up, sustain, and 



loquiis, an adjective from loqnor, I speak ; pronounced ahlty'lockwooce, like ventri'loquisl, 

 grandi'loquent, &c. Lat. barbatnhts, having a small beard; barbatus, bearded; barba, a 

 beard. The allusion is to the dusky maxillary streaks. 

 1 73. V. phll-a-del'-phl-cus. See Geothlypis phlladflpJn'a, No. 142. 



174. V. gll'-vus [7 hard]. Lat. gilvus, gilbus, galbus, hehms, yellowish, greenish-yellow ; German 



gc!6, Ital. r/ia/lo, A. S. gelew, geoluwe. ; related to fulvus, Jlavus, &c. 



175. V. g. swam'-s5n-I. To William Swainson. 



176. V. fla'-vl-frons. Lat. Jlavus, yellow ; frons, forehead. See Auriparus, No. 56. 



OBS. It would appear from B. C.V., i, 1878, p. 494, that the proper name of this species 

 is V. 5ch-r8-leu'-cus (Gm.) Coues. Gr. wxpos, ochraceous, yellowish, and \tvn6s, white. 



177. V. sS-li-ta'-rt-us. Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 



178. V. cas'-sin-i. To John Cassin, of Philadelphia, sometime the "Nestor of American 



ornithology " ; the only ornithologist America ever produced who knew any consider- 

 able number of Old World birds. Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized. 



