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VIREO GILVUS— VIEILL. 



WARBLING GREENLET. 



Warbling Flycatcher, Muscicapa melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Vireo gilvus, Bonap Syn. 



Warbling Viico, Nutt. Man. 



Warbling Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo gilvus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — A band over the eye and loral sface dull 

 white ; wings without bands. Adult with the upper jarts light 

 brown, tinged with greenish ; wings and tail plain brown, the 

 outer webs edged with the same tinge as on the back j a band of 

 dull white from the base of the lower mandible over the eye, ex- 

 tending beyond the eye ; sides of the head and neck grayish-brown ; 

 throat fore neck, breast and abdomen dull white, faintly tinged with 

 yellow ; sides of the body tinged with greenish-yellow. Length 

 five inches and a quarter, wing two and three quarters. 



On Long Island the musical notes of this sweet songster are but 

 seldom heard, nor have I any where found this species plentiful. — 

 It is partial to the cultivated grounds and has been observed on the 

 trees that adorn the city. Its manners are more sprightly than any 

 of its Genus, and its voice excels our finest-toned Sylvias. Its 

 plumage has a resemblance to that of the Red-eyed Vireo. The 

 color of the eyts, as well as its smaller dimensions, prevents it 

 from being mistaken for that common species, and those who have 

 listened to its minstrel lay, quickly detect it when it is roving about 

 its favorite haunts. 



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