BIRDS OF WEST VIRGINIA — WETMORE 425 



Family LANIIDAE 



LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS MIGRANS Palmer 



Migrant Shrike 



The two taken are both females, coming from Barboursville, 

 October 26, and Mercers Bottom, October 30. In addition, I ob- 

 tained another female 5 miles west of Romney on January 3, 1937, 

 and recorded a bird that was not collected near Pansy on January 1 . 



Family VIREONIDAE 



VIREO GRISEUS GRISEUS (Boddaert) 



White-eyed Vireo 



Taken at Fourteen, April 29; south of the Guyandot River, near 

 Huntington, May 2; and near Persinger in Nicholas Coimty, May 16. 



VIREO FLAVIFRONS Vieillot 



Yellow-throated Vireo 



Apparently widely distributed but of scattered occurrence, the 

 yellow-throated vireo was recorded as follows: Near Dunlow, April 23 ; 

 Tjder Creek, April 27; Gilboa, May 5 and 6; and Zela, May 7. It is 

 probable that all these were migrants. 



VIREO SOUTARIUS SOUTARIUS (Wilson) 



Blue-headed Vireo 



The wing of a female secured on Peters Creek, near Gilboa, May 5, 

 measures 72.5 mm, and the culmen from base 11.8 mm. The bill is 

 a little large, but the bird agrees best with the typical form. Two 

 others were taken in fall migration. A male secured 4 miles north- 

 west of Gilboa, October 12, has the wing 76.3, and the culmen from 

 base 11.9 mm, being somewhat large, but having the brighter green 

 of the back of the typical form. Another male taken at an elevation 

 of 1,800 feet near Posey, Raleigh County, October 23, measures as 

 follows: Wing, 74.5; and culmen from base, 11.0 mm. 



The shade of green on the back in these birds seems to change 

 definitely with storage in collections. Freshly taken birds appear 

 much brighter in color. 



VIREO SOUTARIUS ALTICOLA Brewster 



Mountain Vireo 



This race of the blue-headed vireo nests commonly in the higher 

 mountains of the State. Three were taken at the Cranberry Glades 

 on June 13 and 17. On Cheat Mountain above Cheat Bridge they 

 were common from June 23 to 27. A young one recently from the 

 nest was secured here on June 26, and birds were taken in fall on 



