VIRE< )MD.E — TUK V I MKO^. 





the eye, extend in f]f to a frontal bund, dull white. Lfiijrfli about o inches; wing. 2.7o ; 

 tail. LMJO. 



IIai:. Foit Tejon, Cal. (Xantis); West IIunil)ol(lt Mountains, Nevada (Uhmjway). 



Since the tyi)e of tlii.s viiiicty was olttaiiied, two other speeimens (Xos. 

 5*^,41. S 9, and r);>,411> ^, Septenil»er, lS<i7 ; II. IJid^way) liave heen seiured 

 by the I'nited States Geohj^ical Survey of the 4ittli l*arallel, in command of 

 jMr. Chirence Kin_u, in the AVest Huuil>oldt ^lonntains, Nevada. These 

 sj)ecimens are even more ditfe rent from trm* .sv////^r/-<</.s than is the ty]»e of this 

 race, showin*,' that it is really distinct, as a variety. In the sami' thickets 

 at the same season, perfectly tyjiical s])ecimens of F. so/ifarids were obtained : 

 the latter liavini^, no donl)t, come from their more n(»rthern summer liume 

 on their passaue southward into Mexico. 



In the Hundjoldt Mountain specimens the crown shows no trace of ash, 

 and is even darker and more brownish tlian the back. In fact, the relation 

 of the V. c((s,nni to J\ solitarui is an almost exact parallel to that of V. 

 jonrpJia' to V. [li/vus, as far as c«»loration is concerned, in each case the ex- 

 treme being widely different, but connected by specimens showing inter- 

 mediate characters. 



Kothinji is known of the habits of this race. 



Lanivireo solitarius, var. plumbeus, Coues. 



LEAD-COLOBED VIBEO. 



Virriisijlvin phiinbtn, CtU'Es, Pr. A. X. Sc. Pliilii. ]S»j«> (Fort Whipplf, near Prescott, Ari- 

 zona). -CoorEi:, Orn. <al. I, 1&70, 119. — Ef.liot, llliist. Birds N. A. I, vii. V. 

 {Lanivireo) pltihtbcd, Baihd, Kt'V. did. 



Sp. Char. (No. HT.Oll.) Whole upper parts and sides of head unilorm plumbeous: the 

 lower part of the back with a faint wash of olivaceous. A white line trom bill to and 

 around eye; a dusky line from corner of tye to bill. Sides of breast and Hanks plum- 

 beous, paler than the back: the llanks very sliLrhtly tinged with olive-frrecn. Rest of 

 under parts white; the axillars ashy, edged with white. Wings above with two conspic- 

 uous white bands; the innermost quills edired externally and the longer ones internally 

 with white, the latter «'(lLred externallv with liirht ash. I)ill and legs dark plumbeous. 

 '• Iris hazel." Tail-feathers narrowly edged all round with white, narrowest internally, and 

 increasing from central to lateral feathers. L'pper tail-coverts clear ash. 



As the specimen in linest pluma;^e 

 (described above) is moulting the 

 quills, the measurements are taken 

 from another (.37.010). In this the 

 first quill is not quite one third the 

 second, which equals the sixth, the 

 third and fourth longest. 



(No. i)7,01^>.) Fresh specimen : 

 Total length, G.IO ; expanse of wintrs, 

 10.80. Prepared specimen : Total length. o.T') ; wing, 3.25 ; tail, 2.70 ; difference between 

 tenth and longest quill, .95; exj)osed portion of lirst primary, .75, of second, 2.34, of lon- 

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Yirrosylvia plumbea. 



