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and like the Flycatcher and birds of prey, regurgitated indi- 

 gestible portions of his food, as the skins and seeds of berries, 

 and the legs and wings of insects. He folded his head under 

 his wing to sleep, and rested soundly, unlike his fellow pris- 

 oner, who was never caught asleep for the period of eight 

 months during which he was under observation. But the little 

 Greenlet came to an untimely end, after the custom of pet 

 birds ; and a lock of hair found in his stomach was supposed 

 to have been the cause of his death. 



IVestern WartoBBMi? Greenlet 



Tirco gilrns swainsoni 



a. gilviis 



Muscicapa gilva, V. " OAS. i. 1807, 65, pi. 3i".—Steph. Gen. Zool. x. 1817, 387. 



Sylvia gilva, V. IST. D. d'H. N. xi. 1817, 190.— F. Ency. M6th. ii. 1823, 453, n. 116. 



Tireo gilvus, Bp. Joum. Phila. Acad. iv. 1824, i76.—Bp. Anu. Lye. N. Y. ii. 1826, ^O.—Nutt. 

 Man. i. 1832, 309.— Aud. OB. ii. 1834,114, pi. llB.—Bp.CGL. 1838, 26.— Awd. Syn. 1839, 

 161.— Aud. BA. iv. 1842, 149, pi. 241.— Gtraud, BLI. 1844, 161.— Bp. CA. i. 1850, 330.— 

 Moy, Pr. Phila. Aca,d. 1853, 309. -iJ«ad, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1803, 398.— IFoodA. Kep. Zufli & 

 Col. II. 1853, ~6.—Thonips. Virmout, 1853, A^.p. 2^.—Kennic. Tr. niincis Agrie. Soc. 

 i. 1855, 582.— Pratten, ibid. C03.— Pm«?i. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 213.— Sci. PZS. 1858, 302 

 (Oaxaca).— .Bd. BNA. 1858, 335.— Willis, Smiths. Rep. for 1858, 1659, ^2.— Wheat. Ohio 

 Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 364.— JSara. Smiths. Rep. for 18C0, 1801, 43C.—Couei c£- Prent. 

 Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 18G2, 410 —Blakist. Ibis, 1862, 5 ; 1863, 66 (Saskatchewan).— Ten-. 

 Pr. Ess. Insr. iii. 1862, 148.— Ferr. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 1863, 234 (M.sini-).— Allen, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst. iv. 1864,67.— .ff 02/, Smiths. Rep. for 1864 1865, 437 (Missouri).- Z»/-(js«. Ibis, 1865, 

 480 (Texas).— Mcllwr. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1866, ST.— Butch. I'r. Phila. Acad. 1866, 149 

 (Texas).— Oowe*, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 2n.—Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 186><, i\l.—Brovm, 

 Ibis, 1868, 421 (Vancouver).— ritrnfi. B. E. Pa. 1869, 26 ; Pbila. ed. 19.—? Trippe, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst. vi. 1871, m.—Coues, Key, 1872, 120, f. 63.— Mayn. Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv. 1872, 370.— 

 Scott, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 'i'iX—Tnppe. Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1873,236 (Iowa) .—Allen. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc xvii. 1874, 54 (Dakota).— ;Sno?«, B. Kans. 1873, 5.—Coues, BNW. 1874, 97.— 

 Gentry, Life-Hist. 1876, UlS.—Minot, BNE. 1877, Ibl.—McCauley, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 iii, n. 3, 1877, 662 (Texas). 



Vlero gilvus, Peab. Rep. Orn. MabS. 1839, Wd.— Gregg, Pr. Elmira Acad. 1870, — . 



Vireo gilva. Brew. Pr. Boet. Soc. vi. 1857, 109. 



Vireosjivia gilva, Cass. Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1851, 153.— Sci. PZS. 1856, 298 (Mexico).— Bd. Rev. 

 AB. 1866, 342, ng.—Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. T. viii. 1866, 2S5.—Sumieh. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. 

 1869, 548 (Vera Cruz).— Ecdg. 

 Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 108. 



VIreosylvia gilvns, B. B. <£ R. NAB. 

 i. 1874, 368, pi. 17, f. 3.— Brew. 

 Pr. Best. Soc. xvii.1875, 440. 



Muscicapa melodia, Wlls. AO. v. 1812, 

 85, pi. 42, f. 'i.—Steph. Gen. Zool. 

 X. 1817, 382.— Bp. Joum. Phila. 

 Acad. iv. 1824, 176. 



Griseous Flycatcher, steph. 1. c. 



Mouoherollc gris, V. OAS. 1. e. Fig. 57.— Fireo gilvus, natural size. 



Fauvctte grisc dcs Etats-Fnls, F 11. cc. 1817 & 1823. 



Vireo ou Mouclicrollc gris, ic'J/oi«^,Ois.Canad. 1861,213. 



WarbUng Flycatcher, Warbling Tireo, Warbling (Jreenlet, Authors. 



b. swainsoni 



Vlreo gilvus. Towns Journ. Phila. Acad. viii. 1839, 153.— iTejij-j/, Pr. Phild. Acad. 1855, 313; 

 1859, 106 (Now Mexico).— Xa»i<. Pr. Pliila. Acad. It59, 191 (California).— Coo^. tC Suckl 



