150 [Feb. 



appears to have been taken fronn Bartram's Travels, p. 290, though not being; ex- 

 pressly so stated by him, it may have been applied by Bartram to another bird. 



2. Vireo solitaries, (Wiis.) And B. of Am. pi. 28. 

 Muscicapa solitaria, Wilson. Am. Orn. ii., p. 143, pi. 17, flg. 3. 

 Hab. The whole of North America. 



3. Vireo noveboracensis, (Gm.) And. B. of Am., pi. 63. 

 Muscicapa noveboracencis, Gmelin. Syst. Nat. ii., p. 947, (1788.)' 

 Vireo musicus, Vieill. Ois. d'Am. Sept. i, p. 83, pi. 5?. 



" Muscicapa cantatrix, Bartram." Wilson Am. Orn. ii., p ]06, pi. IS, fig. 6. 



Hab. The whole of North America. 



Ohs. It appears upon the authority of Wilson that this is the Muscicapa canta- 

 trix, Bartram That name, even if it had priority, is not entitled to adoption, not 

 being accompanied by any description w-hatever. The name alluded to is given 

 with many others, in " Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East 

 and West Florida," &c., by William Bartram, Philadelphia, 1791, (octavo, 1 

 vol.,) p, 291. According to my views the authority for M. cantatrix should be 

 Wilson, he having first defined the species, though very probably upon the desig- 

 nation of the celebrated Bartram himself. I do not mean to say, however, that 

 none of the names of the latter ought to be adopted, for there a few of the species 

 named by him, to which are attached sufficient descriptions, and which 1 hope to 

 designate in an early paper. 



4. Vireo Bella. And. B. of Am. Octavo edition, vii, p. 333, pi. 485, (1844.) 

 Dimensions. 5 Total length of skin from tip of bill to end of tail 4 6-lOths 



inches, wing 2 3 lOtlis, tail 2 inches. 



Colors. 5 Under mandible, viewed from below, yellowish white, superior 

 mandible light brown. Shafts of the quills on the inferior surface of the wing, 

 white. Entire plumage above light olive tinged with greyish brown on the head, 

 wings and tail brown, the feathers of both of which are edged externally with 

 pale yellowish green, quills with their inner webs narrowly edged with yellowish 

 white. Greater and lesser wing coverts conspicuously tinged with the same 

 color. Plumage of the entire under parts of the body pale yellowish white, run- 

 ning into pure yellow on the sides and inferior tail coverts. Nares and ring 

 around the eye yellowish white. Tarsi and feet dark. 



9 . Slightly smaller, colors paler, head inclining to cinereous, under parts 

 nearly white. 



Hab. Western side of North America. 



Obs. The smallest of the birds of this genus. It was discovered by Mr. 

 Audubon on the Upper Missouri river, during the last expedition accomplished 

 by him, and has since been found in California by Mr. John G. Bell, after whom 

 it is named. The descriptions above are from the specimens of the latter gentle- 

 man and from the originals of Mr. A udubon, which were presented to the Academy 

 by his friend and associate Mr. Edward Harris. 



5. Vireo Hiitto7ti, nobis. 



Form. Robust and rather broad, generally similar to that of V. novebora- 

 censis. 



