100 VIEEO SOLITARIUS VAR. PLUMBEUS, PLUMBEOUS VIREO. 



VIREO SOLITARIUS var. PLUMBEUS, (Coues) Allen. 



Pliujibeoiis Vireo. 



" Vireo most like folifarliis," Couks, Ibis, 1805, 1()4. 



Vln-o solilarhm, Cool'., I'l". Cal. Acail. 1870, 175 (Colorado Valley). 



Vireo phimhem, Couks, Pr. Pliila. Acad. IKGf), r.\ (Arizona).— CotiES, Key, 1872, 122, fig. 6. 



Vircosylria phtmhca, Bd., Rev. 1866, :349 (same spec.).— AiK., P. B. S. 1872, 198 (Colorado). 



Vireo niiliiariiin var. 2)iiiml>cus, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 176. — Coues, Key, 1872, 351. 



Litiiivireo solUarius var. phimheuit, B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1874, 377. 



Hah. — Sontheru Rocky Mountain region. North to Laramie Peak (Hitz). Sonth to 

 Colima (Xdiitus). "Western edge of the i)lams of Colorado, and in the mountains up 

 to about 10,000 feet; Ogden, Utah" (AUen). 



Although this bird was uot procured by the Expeditious, its occurrence 

 iu the region of the Upper Missouri is shown by specimens obtained at 

 Laramie Peak by Dr. K. B. Hitz. 



Tyj)ical examples look so diiierent from ordinary soUtarius that I con- 

 fidently described it as a distinct species. Some of Mr. Allen's speci- 

 mens, however, which he kindly submitted to my iuspection, show an 

 approach to typical soUtarius, and I am now inclined to rate it as one of 

 the numerous duller-colored races of birds found in the same region. 



I found it very abundant in the pine woods around Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona, in summer, from April 25th until October. It unquestionably 

 breeds there, although I did not find its nest. I shot it in July and 

 August. Mr. Aiken took it in Colorado in May, and, according to Mr. 

 Trippe's manuscript, it arrives at Idaho Springs, in tliat Territory, in 

 the latter part of May, a week or so before the Warbling Vireo makes 

 its appearance. "It ranges up the mountains to 9,000 feet, and is quite 

 numerous somewhat lower, while the Warbling Vireo is comparatively 

 rare at such heights, and does not reach above 8,000 feet." In all points 

 of habit it is the counterpart of its eastern representative. 



VIREO NOVEBORACENSIS, (Gm.) Bp. 

 White-eyed Vireo, 



Muscicapa novehoracensis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 947. 



Vireo uovcboraceims, Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825 ; Syn. 1828, 70 ; List, 1838, 26.— NUTT., Mau. i, 

 1832, 306.— AuD., Oru. Biog. i, 1831, 328 ; v, 1839, 431 ; pi. 63 ; Syn. 1839, 161 ; 

 B. A. iv, 1842, 146, pi. 240.— Gut., B. L. 1. 1844, 158.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 1851, 150. — WooDiL, Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 75 (Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Ter- 

 ritory).— Cab., .;. f. O. iii, 469 (Cuba).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 358 ; Rev. 1866, 3.54.— 

 SCL., P. Z. S. 1857, 204, 228 (Xalapa and Vera Cruz).— Maxim., J. f. O. vi, 1858, 

 187.— Jones, Nat. Berm. 1859, 71.— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, ii, 1860, 274 (Guate- 

 mala).— Gundl., J. f. O. 1861, 324 (Cuba).— Scl., Cat. 1862, 42.— Coues, Pr. E.ss. 

 Inst. V, 1868 (New England).- Coues, Am. Nat. 1871, 197 (Kansas).— Tiuppe, 

 Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 117 (Minnesota).- Allen, ]3u11. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 270 

 (Florida, wintering) ; iii, 1872, 176 (Kansas). — Sxow, B. Kans. 1873, .5. — CoUKS, 

 Key, 1872, fig. 68. — B. B. & R., N. A. B. i, 1S74, 385; and of most late writers. 



Vireo municus, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. i, 1807, 83, pi. 52. 



Muscicapa cantatrix, Wils., Am. Oru. ii, 1810, 266, pi. 18, fig. 6. 



Hah. — Eastern United States. Minnesota. Not recorded from Maine. "Nova Scotia" 

 (Jii.diihou). Westward regularly to Kansas, Indian Territory, and Western Texas; oc- 

 casionally to eastern foot-Liills of the Rocky Mountains. "Columbia River" {Audubon ; 

 uot since verified). Soutii to Guatemala. Cuba (rare). Bermudas (resident, common). 

 Eastern Mexico. Breeds through most of its United States rangp. Winters from South 

 Carolina, Georgia, the Gulf States, and southward. 



List of specimens. 



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U. Missouri . . 



(No date). 



F. y. Harden. 



