VIREONID.E: VIREOS, OR GREENLETS. 



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like nofeboracensis aud especially j^usillus ; toes almost abnonnally short, and tail as long as 

 wing. Southwestern U. S., in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, southern and 

 Lower California ; northwestern Mexico. My type-specimen from Fort Whipple, Arizona, 

 long remained unique, but others have since been found, extending the known geographical 

 range considerably. Nest in bushes ; eggs 0.72 X 0.52. 



V. noveboracen'sis. (Lat. novus, new ; Ehoracum, York. Fig. 227.) White-eyed 

 Greenlet. The Politician. Above, bright olive-green, including crown ; a slight ashy 

 gloss on cervix, and 



rump showing yellow- ^-— =^ 



ish when tlie featliers ^ ^^^^ 



are disturbed ; below, '^ 



white ; sides of breast A ^ A 



and belly, with axil- J\ \ 



lars and crissum, bright ^^j^"^^/^'^ 

 yellow ; a bright yel- 

 low line from nostrils „ 

 to and around eye ; 

 lores dusky ; two broad yellowish wing-bars 



noveboracensis, nat. size. (From Baird.) 



mer secondaries widely edged with the same ; 

 bill and feet blackish-plumbeous; eyes white. About 5.00; extent 8.00; wing 2.33-2.50; 

 tail 2.05; spurious quill exposed 0.75, ^ as long as 2d, which about equals 8th ; tarsus about 

 0.75; middle toe and claw 0.50; bill nearly 0.50. A small, compact, brightly-colored 

 species, abundant in shrubbery and tangle of the Eastern U. S. ; W. rarely to the Rocky Mts. ; 

 rather southerly, N. to Massachusetts aud Minnesota ; winters from Florida southward to 

 Cent. Am. ; resident in the Bermudas ; noted for its sprightly manners and emphatic voice. 

 V. n. may'nardi. (To C. J. Maynard.) Key We.st Greenlet. Coloration much as in 

 the last, but grayer above and paler below ; size and proportions as in V. crassirostris (an extra- 

 limital species), the bill being notably large aud stout. Wing 2.20-2.50 ; tail 1.90-2.05; bill 

 0.5.5-0.65, its depth at nostrils 0-18-0.20. Southern Fhn-ida. Brewster, Auk, Apr. 1887, 

 p. 148 ; Coues, Key, 3d ed., 1887, p. 872 ; 4th ed., 1890, p. 899 ; A. 0. U. List, 2d ed., 1895, 

 p. 266, No. 631 a. 



V. hut'toni. (To Wm. Hutton, of California. Fig. 228.) Hutton's Greenlet. Sim- 

 ilar to noveboracensis, but difl'ering much as flavwiridis does from olicaceiis, in having the 



under parts almost entirely yellowish. First quill 



rather less than half 2d, which about equals 10th ; 



3d a little longer than 7th ; 4th and 5th nearly equal 



and longest. Tail slightly rounded, shorter than 



A 1 JE^^^^ wings. Bill very small. Above olive-green ; bright- 



i/\ _==^^ ^^^ behind, especially on rump and edging of tail ; 



duller and more ashy toward and on top and sides 



of head and neck. Wings with two bauds ou cov- 



F.G. -jiK - V. hnttmn, nat. -size. (From Baird.) g^^g^ ^^^ ^^j^j. ^j^^g ^f junermost secondaries rather 



broailly (divaceoiis-white ; other quills edged externally with olive-green, paler toward outer 

 l)rimary, internally with whitish. Lateral tail-feathers edged externally with yellowish-white. 

 Feathers of rump with much concealed yellowish-gray. Under parts pale olivaceous-yellow- 

 ish, purest behind, lightest on throat and abdomen ; breast more olivaceous, soiled with a 

 slight buffy tinge ; sides still deeper olive-green. Axillars and crissum yellowish ; inside of 

 wings whitish. Loral region and narrow space around eye dull yellowish, in faint contrast 

 to olive of head. Bill horn-color above, paler below; legs dusky. Length 4.70; wing 2.40; 

 tail 2.05. Coast region of Southern and Central California, resident. (Description from 

 Baird.) 



