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2. V. carmioli.* AV»ove hrownislj olive-procn. npntatli, with 

 siipia-loral .slri|»«', orliital ring, ami lij^lit inarkiii<:s oij the \vin<r>*, li;.'lit 

 ocljn'y-y«'ll<>w more whitish on the throat. Wiii^', 2..Vj; tail, J.Oi); 

 tarsus, A'A'} ; hill, .'J<i. /lab. Costa Rica. 



3. V. noveboracensis. Ahov*' olive-jrn'cn, av«hy across the napo. 

 Siipra-loral stripe and orl)ital riii^r <1'»|» yellow. Beneath asliy-wliite 

 on throat, purer wiiite on ahdoinen ; si<les, and a tinire across tiie 

 breast, lij,'ht yellow. Iris white. Win<r, 2.40 ; tail, *J.OO ; tarsus, 

 .Go ; hill, .*2(). Ifih. Eastern Province of United States, south (in 

 winter) to Guatemala (and Bogota?) ; very rare iu Cuba; abundant 

 and resident in IJerinuda. 



4. V. huttonl Above grayish-olive, more olive-green toward tail. 

 Below }>ale grayish-bull'. ()rl)ital ring very Vtroad, yellowish-white. 

 Wing, 2..")0; tail, 'J.Oo; tarsus, .(»7 ; bill, .24. Jlab. Calilbrnia; ia 

 winter, Western Mt'xieo to Oaxaea. 



L Only one band on wing, and this indistnict. 



5. V. belli. Al)Ove ashy-olive, more virescent postoriorly. ^rnrk- 

 ings on side of head not well defined. Beh^w dull whitr, with a 

 slight bully tinge, strongly stained with yellow on sides and Hanks. 

 Upper feathers of middle row of wing-eoverts passing into paler at 

 tip, producing an indication of an anterior band. Wing, 2.20; tail, 

 1.80; tarsus, .09; bill, .2."). II((b. iMains between the Mississippi 

 Valley an<l the Roeky Mountains, from Dakota to Texas ; in winter 

 south to Tehuantepec, Mexico. 



G. V. pusillus. Above grayish-ash. very slightly tinged with olive 

 on rump. Below dull white, asliy laterally, the Hanks with the 

 slightest possible tinge of yellow. Wing, 2.30; tail, 2.20 ; tarsus, 

 .01); bill, .24, .13 deep. Hah. Arizona; Cape St. Lucas, Lower 

 California; California north to Sarramento City. 

 7. V. vicinior. Above bluish-ash, below ashy-white, scarcely 

 more ashy laterally. Lores entirely ashy-white. Wing, 2.00 ; tail, 

 2.40; tarsus, .07; bill, .20, .18 deep. Ilab. Fort Whipple, Arizona. 



Vireo atricapillus, Woodiiofse. 



BLACK-CAFFED YIBEO. 



Fireo afrkapiUus, Woodiiottse, Pr. A. N, So. 1852, 60 (San Pedro, Tex.). — Ib. Sitgreaves's 

 Rep. 1853, 75, pi. i. Birds. — Cassix, lllust. 1854, 153, pL x.xiv. — IJ.viUD, Birds N. 

 Am. 1858, 337 ; Rev. 353. — Coopek, Orn. Cal. 1, 1870, 121. 



Sp. Char. (Xo. G.818.) Top and sides of head and neck black ; rest of upper parts olive- 

 preen. Wing and tail feathers almost black on 

 their upper surface, the quills and rectrices edged 

 with olive (paler on the exterior primaries), the 

 •wing-coverts with two greenish-white bands on 

 a blackish ground. Broad line from bill to and 

 around eye (not meeting on forehead) with under 

 parts white ; the sides of ])ody olivaceous ; the 

 axillars and inner wing-coverts (perhaps crissum) Virfo ntn'capiUtu. 



1 Vireo carmioli, Baikd, Review Am. B. I, 1865, p. 356. Hab. Costa Rica. 



