' ( ! Synopsis of the Birds 



Migrate in winter to tropical climates. The greater numbi 

 sing sweetly. 



Peculiar to America. Closely allied to Tamnophilus on 

 one side, to Muscicapa on another, Sylvia on a third, and 

 Tanagra on a fourth, thus uniting the two families Canori 

 and Passerini. Some of the species correspond to Tamno- 

 philus, in the form of the bill and feet, and differ only in that 

 of the wings. 



87. Vireo flavifrons, Vteill. Yellow-olive ; throat, breast, 

 frontlet and line round the eye yellow ; belly white ; wings 

 bifasciate with white, and with the tail blackish. 



Yel/oiv-throated Flycatcher, Muscicapa sylvicola, Wits. Am. 

 Om. ii. p. 1 17. pi. ''■fig- 3. 



Inhabits forests during summer : rather common. 



::s. Vireo golitarius, Vieill. Olive-green ; head bluish-gray; 

 ine round the eye white; breast pale cinereous ; belly white, 

 vellow each side ; wings bifasciate with white, and with the 

 tail blackish. 



Solitary Flycatcher, Muscicapa solitaria, Wils. Am. Om. 

 ii. p. 143. pi. 17. fig. 6. 



Inhabits the southern and middle states during summer : 

 very rare. 



39. Vireo koveeoracensis, Nob. Yellow-olive ; beneath white, 

 sides yellow ; line round the eye, and spot near the nostrils, 

 rich yellow ; wings bifasciate with pale yellow, and with the 

 tail blackish ; irides white. 



White-eyed Flycatcher, Muscicapa cantatrix, Wils. Am, 

 Om. ii. p. }i)0.pl. w.fig. 6. 



Muscicapa noveboracensis, Gm. Vireo musicus, Vieill. 



Inhabits the United States during summer, proceeding 

 gradually from the south to the north as the season advances : 

 common. 



90. Vireo Gn.vrTs.Noh. Pale-green olive ; head slightly in- 



