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VIREO FLAVIFRONS— VIEILL. 



YELLOW-THROATED GREENLET. 



Yellow-throated Flycatcher. Muscicapa sylvicola, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Vireo flavifroiis, Ijoiiap. Syn. 



Yellow-throated Vireo, Nutt. Man. 



Yciiovv-lhroated Flycatcher, or Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Bill along the gap eleven-sixteenths of an 

 inch ; a band from the nostril to the eye dull yellow ; a line over 

 the eye brighter ; throat, fore neck, and breast yellow. Adult with 

 a yellow band commencing at the base of the upper mandible, and 

 passing over the eye ; a dusky spot before the eye ; upper parts 

 greenish-olive, with the rump, upper tail coverts, scapulars, and 

 lesser wing coverts bluish-gray : wings and tail dusky brown ; two 

 distinct bands on the wings ; outer vane of the lateral tail feathers 

 white ; throat, fore neck, and upper part of the breast, yellow; sides 

 of the neck and sides of the breast same as the upper parts ; rest of 

 the lower plumage white. Length five inches and three quarters, 

 wing three. 



This species passes its time in the woods. It is generally ob- 

 served among the middle or upper branches, and like the rest of 

 the Vireos, is destitute of the sprightly, graceful manner displayed 

 by the Sylvias and many of our Flycatchers. With us, the Yel- 

 low-throat is tolerably common, but not so plentiful as the White- 

 eyed Vireo. It remains on Long Island throughout the summer. 

 The nest, which is built on a tree, contains usually four eggs, spot- 

 ted with black on white ground. 



