171. 
172. 
173. 
274. 
332 SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. — PASSERES— OSCINES. 
olive outside, with whitish inside; bill dusky above, pale below; feet leaden-blue; eyes red: 
no dusky maxillary streaks; no apparent spuyj quill. Little different with age, sex, or 
season; young and fall birds the brightest colored, especially on the sides, crissumn, and lining 
of wings. Large; length 5.75-6.25 ; extent 9.75-10.75; wing 3.00-8.338 ; tail 2.33-2.50; bill 
about 0.66; tarsus 0.75. E.N. Am.; N. to Hudson’s Bay and even Greenland; W. some- 
times to Utah and Washington Territory ; breeds throughout its U. 8. range, and winters from 
the Gulf States southward. In most places the most abundant species of the genus, in wood- 
land; a voluble, tireless songster. 
V. flavivi/ridis. (Lat. flavus, yellow ; viridis, green. Fig. 190.) YELLOW-GREEN GREEN- 
LET. Very similar to the last ; more yellowish below ; under wing- and tail-coverts decidedly 
yellow; sides of body decidedly greenish-yellow. Texas and southward. 
Fia. 190.— V. flaviviridis, nat. size. (From Baird.) Fie. 191.— V. a. barbatulus, nat. size. (From Baird.) 
V. alti/loquus barba/tulus. (Lat. altus, high, loquus, speaking; barbatulus, having a little 
beard. Fig. 191.) BLACK-WHISKERED GREENLET. WHIP-TOM-KELLY. Similar to oliva- 
ceus ; distinguished by a narrow dusky maxillary line, or line of spots, on each side of the 
chin; bill longer, 0.75-0.80; proportion of quills slightly different (see the figs.). Cuba, 
Bahamas, and casually in Florida. [V. altiloqwus is the West Indian stock-form. ] 
V. philadel/phicus. (Gr. dire, phileo, I love; adedpds, brother. Fig. 192.) Brorn- 
ERLY-LOVE GREENLET. Above, dull olive-green, brightening on the rump, fading insensibly 
into ashy on the crown, which is not bordered with blackish ; a dull white superciliary line ; 
below, palest possible yellowish, whitening on throat and belly, slightly olive-shaded on 
sides; sometimes a slight creamy or buffy shade throughout the under parts; no obvious wing- 
bars; no apparent spurious quill. Length 4.80-5.10; extent 8.00-8.50; wing 2.66; tail 
2.25; bill hardly or about 0.50; tarsus 0.66. Eastern N. Am., strictly; N. to Hudson’s Bay ; 
a small, plainly-colored species, almost indistinguishable from gilvus except by apparent absence 
of a spurious quill; not very common in the Atlantic States, more so in the Mississippi Valley. 
Fra. 192. —V. philadelphicus, nat. size. (From Baird.) Fie. 193. — V. gilvus, nat. size. (From Baird.) 
V. gil/vus. (Lat. gilvus, yellowish. Figs. 188, 193.) WARBLING GREENLET. Colors pre- 
cisely as in the last species; spurious quill present and evident, to 4 as long as the 2d primary. 
Length 5.50-6.00 ; extent 8.50-9.25 ; wing 2.80; tail 2.25; bill 0.40; tarsus 0.65. Eastern 
N. Am. to the high central plains, breeding throughout its range; wintering extralimital; an 
abundant little bird and an exquisite songster. Its voice is not strong, and many birds excel 
it in brilliancy of execution ; but not one of them all can rival the tenderness and softness of 
