206 BULLETIN r,0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



List, 187.S, no. 131; Birds N. W., 1874, 101.— Eidgway, Am. Nat, vi, 1872, 

 430 (Richland Co., Illinois, breeding); vii, 1873, 199, in text (do.) ; Ann. 

 Lye. N. Y., X, 1874, 370 (Illinois); Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., iii, 1880, 175; Orn. 

 Illinois, i, 18S9, 190.— Trippe, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., xv, 1873, 236 (Decatur 

 Co., S.Iowa, breeding; habits; notes). — -Snow, Birds Kansas, 1873,5. — Ameri- 

 can Ornithologists' CFnion, Check List, 1886, no. 633, part.— (?) Thorne, 

 Auk, iv, 18'87, 264 (Fort Lyon, Colorado).— (?) Lloyd, Auk, iv, 1887, 295 

 (Concho and Tom Green counties, w. Texas, breeding). — Beckham, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., X, 1888, 684 (Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Texas, breed- 

 ing). — Pindar, Auk, vi, 1889, 315 (Fulton Co., Kentucky, 2 specs., July 16, 

 1887). — Attwater, Auk, ix, 1892, 340 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding). — 

 Cary, Proc. Nebraska Orn. Un., sec. ann. meet., 1901, 46-48 (Neligh, Nebraska; 

 breeding habits). — Carroll, Auk, xvii, 1900, 347 (Refugio Co., Texas, 

 breeding).— Bailey (Florence M.), Handb. Birds W. U. S., 1902, 399, part. 



[ VIreo] bellu Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 380, no. 5754.— Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 

 1872, 123. 



V[ireo'] bellii Ridgway, Man. N. Am. Birds, 1887, 476, part. 



Vireo hellii bellii Oberholser, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xvi, Feb. 21, 1903, 17, 18, 

 in text. 



Vireo belli BoT^AV ARTE, Consj). Av., i, 1850, 330. — Baird, in Stansbury's Rep. Gt. 

 Salt Lake, 1852, 328; Rep. Pacitic R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 337; Cat. N. Am. 

 Birds, 1859, no. 246.— Coues, Ibis, 1865, 158 (Kansas); Am. Nat., vi, 1871, 

 197; Birds Col. Vol., 1878, 526 (excl. syn. part); Check List, 2d ed., 1882, 

 no. 183. — Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 481 (San Antonio, Texas, breeding). — 

 Butcher, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868, 149 (Laredo, Texas, May to 

 Aug.) .—Cooper, Orn. Cal., 1870, 123 (e. Texas, etc.).— Allen, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., iii, 1872, 176 (e. and mid. Kansas); Am. Nat., vii, 1873, 363 

 (Mahaska Co., Iowa). — Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. N. Am. 

 Birds, i, 1874, 389, pi. 17, fig. 13.— Ames, Bull. Minn. Acad. Sci., 1874, 

 57 (Minnesota?).— Nelson, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, i, 1876, 42 (Richland 

 Co., Illinois, Aug. 9 to 15; Chicago, June); Bull. Essex Inst., ix, 1877, 48 

 (Richland Co., common). — Lawrence, Bull. LT. S. Nat. Mus., no. 4, 1876, 

 18 (Santa Efigenia and Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca; Oct.; Dec). — Sennett, 

 Bull. IJ. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv. Terr., iv., 1878, 16 (Hidalgo, Texas, 

 May 8); v, 1879, 389 (Lomita, Texas, Apr. 26 and May 10).— Ridgway, 

 Nom. N. Am. Birds, 1881, no. 145.— Nehrling, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 vii, 1882, 11, s. e. Texas, breeding) ; Our Native Birds, etc., i, 1893, 

 309. — Salvin and Godman, Biol. Centr.-Am., Aves., i, 1881, 200 (Santa 

 Efigenia and Tehuantepec City, Oaxaca). — Gadow, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 

 viii, 1883, 301.— Hancock, Bull. Ridgw. Orn. Club, no. 2, 1887, 20 (Corpus 

 Christi, Texas, breeding).— Cooke, Bird Migr. Miss. Val., 1888, 237, part 

 (localities and dates).— Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. N. H., iii, 1890, 327 (Corpus 

 Christi, breeding). — Brewster, Auk, xviii, 1901, 274 (Durham, Massachu- 

 setts, 1 spec, Nov. 19, 1897). 



V[ireo] belli Nelson, Bull. Essex Inst., viii, 1876, 103, 152 (breeding near Chi- 

 cago). ^Coues, Key N. Am. Birds, 2d ed., 1884, 335, part. 



VIREO BELLII MEDIUS Oberholser. 

 TEXAS VIREO. 



Similar to V. h. hellii^ but coloration paler and tail averaging longer; 

 pileuni and hindneck brownish gray instead of grayish brown; olive 



