346 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BIRDS. [PART I. 
Vireosylvia flavifroms. 
Vireo flavifrons, Vint. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 85, pl. liv.—Avp. Orn. 
Biog. II, 1834, pl. 119.—Is. Birds Am. IV, pl. 238.—Cassin, Pr. A. 
N. Se. 1851, 149.—Scuarter, P. Z. 8. 1857, 227 (Vera Cruz) ; 1860, 
257 (Orizaba).—Sciarer & Satviy, Ibis, I, 1859, 12 (Guatemala). 
—Cas. Jour. III, 468 (Cuba; winter).—Gunpxacu, Cab. Jour. 1861, 
324 (Cuba; rare).—Cas. Jour. 1860, 405 (Costa Rica).— Vireo 
(Lanwvireo) flav. Barry, Birds N. Am. 1858, 341. 
Museicapa sylvicola, Wits. Am. Orn. II, 1810, 117, pl. vii, f. 3. 
Hab. Eastern United States, south to Costa Rica. Very rare in Cuba. 
(No. 28,390.) Head and neck above and on sides, with interscapular region, 
bright olive green. Lower back, rump, tail, and wing coverts ashy. Wings 
brown, with two white bands 
k across the coverts, the outer 
edges of inner secondaries, and 
inner edges of all the quills, 
with inside of wing white. 
Outer primaries edged with 
2217 gray, the inner with olive. 
Tail feathers brown, entirely 
encircled by a narrow edge of 
white. Under parts to middle 
of body, a line from nostrils 
over eye, eyelids and patch beneath the eye (bordered behind by the olive of 
neck) bright gamboge yellow; rest of under parts white, the flanks faintly 
glossed with ashy. Lores dusky. Bill and legs plumbeous black. 
No spurious primary evident ; 2d quill longest ; 1st a little shorter than 3d. 
Length, 5.80; wing, 3.00; tail, 2.00; difference of longest and innermost 
quills, .90; tarsus, .73. 
4 Vireosylvia tavifrons, 2. (Carlisle, Pa.) 
Autumnal birds, perhaps more especially the young, are more 
glossed with olivaceous, which invades the ashy portions, and tinges 
the white. 
Smith-|Collee-| Sex Wihen 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. Gollecrad Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : F 
| a aad (ree ene be re es 
3,397 3 | Carlisle, Pa. May 7, ’47. | S. F. Baird, 
2,217 ate 2 iby May 3, 1847. Ee 
12,228 ee ¢& | Washington, D.C. | April30,’59 | C. Drexler. 
28,924. ois rofl et April 27,’61.| E. Coues. 
32,279 oc .. | Liberty County, Ga. ier Jos. Leconte. 
ae me Union County, Ill. eee R. Kennicott. 
7,423 a oe Cleveland, O. Reh Dr. Kirtland, 
8,340 65 | ¢& | Independence, Mo. | June13,’57.| Dr. Cooper, 
9,113 |32,614 | ¢ Coban, Guat, F..8 Verreaux, 
13,629 26 AD Guatemala. aie J. Gould. 
TNs a ry Fok Cab. Lawrence. 
35,240 ai -. | Grecia, C. R. Dec. 3, 64. | J. Carmiol. 
33,299 om An San Jose, C. R. ahi 8s Poo 
29, 229 Xs Q | Punta Arenas, C. R.| Mar. 18,’62.| Capt. J. M. Dow. | — cence 
| 
