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the wing coverts with two greenish-white bands on a blackish ground. 
Broad line from bill to and around 
eye (not meeting on forehead) with» 
under parts, white; the sides of 
body olivaceous; the axillars and 
inner wing coverts (perhaps cris- 
sum) yellowish. Bill black; feet 
plumbeous. 
First quill less than half 2d, which 
Vireo atricapillus, Woopu. (Texas.) about equals the 10th; 3d little 
shorter than 4th (longest). 
(No. 6,818.) Fresh specimen: Total length, 4.75 ; expanse of wings, 7.25 ; 
wing from carpal joint, 2.12. Prepared specimen: Total length, 4.10; wing, 
2.25; tail, 1.95; exposed portion of Ist primary, .66, of 2d, 1.48, of longest 
(measured from exposed base of Ist primary), 1.77; length of bill from fore- 
head, .54, from nostril, .29, along gape, .61; tarsus, .75 ; middle toe and claw, 
.50, claw alone, .17; hind toe and claw, .40, claw alone, .19. 
The black head of this species, as far as known, makes it unique 
in the genus. It is extremely rare, but three specimens being known. 
Smith-|Collec-| Sex 
sonian| tor’s | and Locality. eee § Received from Collected by 
No. No. | Age. : 
6,818 21 rofl | San Pedro Riv., Tex. 8B Col. J.D. Graham. | J.H.Clark (house. 
15,040 El Paso. pital Capt. L. Sitgreaves, | Dr. 8. W. Wood- 
(6,818.) 4.75; 7.25; 2.12. (15,040.) Type. 
Vireo noveboracensis. 
Muscicapa noveboracensis, Gm. Syst. Nat. 1, 1788, 947 ( Green Fly- Catcher, 
Pennant, Arctic Zool. I, 389).—Vireo noveb. Bon. Obs. Wilson, 
1825.—Avp. Orn. Biog. I, 328, pl. 63.—Is. Birds Am. IV, pl. 240.— 
Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1851, 150.—Barrp, Birds N. Am. 1858,.838.— 
Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1858, 187.—Scuiater, P. Z. 8. 1857, 204 
(Xalapa) ; 228 (Vera Cruz).—Is. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 256.—Scn. 
& Saty. Ibis, II, 1860, 274 (Coban, Guat.).—Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 
1859, 71 (resident). —Cas. Jour. III, 469 (Cuba).— Gunpuaca, 
Cab. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba; rare). 
Vireo musicus, ViEILL. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 83, pl. 53.—Muscicapa 
cantatrix, Wits. II, 1810, 266, pl. xviii. 
Hab. United States, west to base of Rocky Mountains ; south to Guatemala ; 
Bogota? Very rare in Cuba. Abundant and resident in the Bermudas. 
(No. 10,193, %.) First primary about half the length of 2d, which is longer 
than secondaries, and about equal to the 8th; the 4th longest ; 3d and 5th 
little shorter. 
Above quite bright olive green; the sides of neck, and a gloss on its upper 
surface, ashy. The middle concealed portion of feathers of lower back and 
rump pale sulphur yellowish. Beneath white; the chin and lower cheeks 
