44 CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMEEICAN BIBBS. 



169. Myiadestes townsendi (Aud.) Cab. b 235. c 121. R 25. 



Townsend's Flycatching Thrush. 



170. Vireo olivaceus (L.) V. b 240. c 122. r 135. 



Red-eyed Greenlet. 



171. "Vireo flaviviridis Cass. B 241. c. — . R 136. 



Yello^v-green Greenlet. 



.172. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus (Cab.) Coues. b 243, c 123. r 137. 



Black-whiskered Greenlet. 



173. Vireo philadelphicus Cass, b 244. c 124. r 138. 



Brotherly-love Greenlet. 



174. Vireo gilvus (V.) Bp. b 245. c 125. r 139. 



Warbling Greenlet. 



175. Vireo gilvus s-wainsoni Bd. b — . c i25a. r i39a. 



Western Warbling Greenlet. 



176. Vireo flavifrons V. b 252. c 126. R 140. 



Yellow-throated Greenlet. 



177. Vireo solitarius V. b 250. c 127. R i4i. 



Blue-headed Greenlet. 



178. Vireo solitarius cassini (Xantus) Ridg. b 251. c — . R i4ia. (?) 



Cassin's Greenlet. 



169. Myi-a-des'-tes [inweeadaystace] town'-send-I. Gr. fivTa, a fly, and iSear'fis, an eater; 



«5a», or tSojuat, I eat; see Myiodioctes, No. 146. (Not to be written Mijiadectes, as if fly- 

 " taker," Muscicapa, irom fMvla and 5e»fT7jj, from Se'xo/ioi). — To J. K. Townsend, from 

 wliom Audubon received many new birds, and to whom he dedicated several. 



170. Vir'-€-6 [virVyoh, not vi'reo] 61-I-va'-ce-us. Lat. vireo, a kind of bird, from vireo, I am 



green or flourisliing. — Late Lat. olicaceus, olive-like, olive-colored; green obscured with 

 neutral tint ; oliva, the olive, from olea, Gr. iKala, the olive-tree ; whence oleum, Gr. 

 (\atov, Eng. oil, oleaginous, &c. 



171. V. fla-vi-vir'-I-dis. Liit. Jlavus, yellow, axiA viridis, green, from vireo. See Auriparus, 



No. 56. Commonly but wrongly written Jiacoviridis. 



This species is not in the first ed. of the Check List; it has only recently been dis- 

 covered in the United States, in Texas, by J. C. Merrill. 



172. V. al-ti'-16-quiSs bar-ba'-tia-lus. Lat. alius, high, from alo, I bear up, sustain, and 



loquits, an adjective from loqnor, I speak ; pronounced ahlty'lockwooce, like vcntri'loquist, 

 grandi'loquent, &c. — Lat. barbatulus, having a small beard; barbatus, bearded; barba, a 

 beard. The allusion is to the dusky maxillary streaks. 



173. V. phil-a-del'-phl-cus. See Geothhjpis philadelphia. No. 142. 



174. V. gil'-vus [9 hard]. Jja.t. gilvus, gilbus, galbiis, helvus, yeWowish, greenish-yeUovi ; German 



gelb, Ital. giallo, A. S. geleiv, geoluwe ; related to fill vus,Jlavus, &c. 



g. swaln'-s6n-i. To William Swainson. 



fla'-vi-frons. Lat. _/?ayus, yellow ; frons, forehead. See Auriparus, No. 56. 



Obs. — It would appear from B. C.V., i, 1878, p. 494, that the proper name of this species 

 is V. 6ch-r6-leu'-cus (Gm.) Coues. Gr. wxp^s, ochraceous, yellowish, and \evK6s, white, 

 so-ll-ta'-ri-us. Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 



cas'-sin-i. To John Cassin, of Philadelphia, sometime the " Nestor of American 

 ornithology " ; the only ornithologist America ever produced who knew any consider- 

 able number of Old World birds. — Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized. 



