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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSEBES— OSCINES. 



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V. 8. plum'beus. (Lat. plumbeus, lead-colored. Fig. 197.) Plumbeous Greenlet. 

 Leaden-gray, rather brighter and more ashy cm the crown, but without marked contrast, 

 faiDtly glossed with olive on rump ; a conspicuous white line from nostril to and around eye, 



and below this a dusky loral stripe ; below, 

 pure white, sides of neck and breast shaded 

 with the color of the back, flanks, axillars 

 and crissum with a mere trace of olivaceous, 

 or none ; wings and tail dusky, with con- 

 spicuous pure white edgings and cross-bars. 

 Size of solitarius or larger. Length 5.75- 

 6.10; extent 9.75-10.25; wing 2.90-3.10; 

 tail 2.50 ; bill 0.50 ; tarsus 0.66 ; middle toe 

 as long as the 2d quill. Central Plains 



the same 



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to the Pacific, U. S., and especially Southern Rocky Mts., where it is abundant. A large stout 

 species, a near ally of solitarius, but nearly all the olivaceous of that species replaced by 

 plumbeous, and the yellowish by white, so that it is a very different-looking bird. Fall 

 specimens, however, are more olivaceous, and the bird evidently grades closely up to solitarius. 

 V. vici'nior. (Lat. vicinus, neighboring.) Gray Greenlet. With the general appearance 

 of a small faded specimen of plumbeus : leaden-gray, faintly ohvaceous on the rump, below 

 white, with hardly a trace of yellowish on the sides ; wings and tail hardly edged mth white ; 

 no markings about head except a whitish eye-ring. Length 5.75 ; extent 8.66 ; vidng and tail 

 each 2.50 ; tarsus nearly 0.75 ; middle toe and claw hardly over 0.50 ; tip of inner claw falling 

 short of base of middle claw ; tail decidedly rounded ; spurious quiU exposed 0.75, i as long as 

 the 2d primary, which latter is not longer than the 8th. These peculiar proportions of the 

 original type specimen are constant, and the species is distinct from any other. It is our 

 plainest-colored species, resembling plumbeus, but more closely allied to the smaller rounder- 

 winged species like noveboi'acensis and especially pusillus ; the toes are almost abnonnally 

 short, and the tail is as long as the wing. Arizona and New Mexico. The type-specimen 

 long remained unique, but others have since been found. 



V. noveboracen'sis. (Lat. novus, new, Eboracum, York. Fig. 198.) White-eved 

 Greenlet. Above, bright olive-green, including crown ; a slight ashy gloss on the cervix, 

 and the rump showing yellowish when the feathers are disturbed ; below, white, the sides of 



the breast and belly, 

 with axillars and cris- 

 sum, bright yellow; a 

 bright yellow line from 

 nostrils to and around 



/ V / \ ^ ~Z^^J /^S^^S»::?>rr-^ II II \\ ^y^ ' 1*^^^^ dusky ; two 



aM>>4x I _^^ li^^ \\ ^^""^^ yello^A•ish wing- 



bars ; inner secondaries 



widely edged vrith the 



bill arid feet 



wing 2.33-2.50; tail 



2.25; spurious quiU exposed 0.75, i as long as the 2d, which about equals the 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 tlie Eastern U. S. ; W. rarely to the Rocky 

 Mts. ■; rather southerly, N. only to the Connecticut "Valley ; noted for its sprightly manners 

 and emphatic voice. 



V.hut'toni. (To Wm. Hutton, of Cala. Fig. 199.) Hutton's Greenlet. Similar to the 

 last, but differing much as flaviviridis does from olivaceus, in having the under parts almost 



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FiCr. 198. — V. novehoraoensis, nat. size. (From Baird.) 

 blackish-plumbeous ; eyes white. About 5 inches long ; extent 8.00 



