44 CHECK LIST OF NOETH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



169. Myiadestes townsendi (Aud.) Cab. B 235. c 121. R 25. 



Townsend's Flycatching Thrush. 



170. Vireo olivaceus (L.) V. B 240. c 122. R 135. 



Red-eyed Greenlet. 



171. Vireo flaviviridis Cass. B 211. c . R 136. 



Yellow-green Greenlet. 



172. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus (Cab.) Coues. B 243. c 123. R 137. 



Black-whiskered Greenlet. 



173. Yireo philadelphicus Cass. B 244. c 124. R iss. 



Brotherly-love Greenlet. 



174. Vireo gilvus (V.) Bp. B 245. c 125. R 139. 



Warbling Greenlet. 



175. Vireo gilvus swainsoni Bd. B . c I25a. R i39a. 



Western Warbling Greenlet. 



176. Vireo flavifrons V. B 252. c 126. R 140. 



Yellow-throated Greenlet. 



177. Vireo solitarius V. B 250. c 127. R 141. 



Blue-headed Greenlet. 



178. Vireo solitarms cassini (Xantus) Ridg. B 251. c . R I4ia. (?) 



Cassin's Greenlet. 



169. Myl-a-des'-tes [mweeadaystace] town'-send-i. Gr. /j.v?a, a fly, and ^Seo-rfc, an eater; 

 fSoj, or fSojuot, I eat; see Myiodioctes, No. 146. (Not to be written Myiadectes, as if fly- 

 " taker," Muscicapa, from /tuTo and Se/cr^s, from Se'xo/iat). To J. K. Townsend, from 

 whom Audubon received many new birds, and to whom he dedicated several. 



1 70. VIr'-g-o [vir'ryoh, not vi'reo] 61-i-va'-cg-us. Lat. vireo, a kind of bird, from vireo, I am 

 green or flourishing. Late Lat. olivaceus, olive-like, olive-colored ; green obscured witli 

 neutral tint ; oliva, the olive, from olea, Gr. Aa/a, the olive-tree ; whence oleum, Gr. 

 Aajoj>, Eng. oil, oleaginous, &c. 



171. V. fla-vl-vlr'-l-dls. Lat. flavus, yellow, and viridis, green, from vireo. See Auriparus, 



No. 56. Commonly but wrongly written flavoviridis. 



This species is not in the first ed. of the Check List ; it has only recently been dis- 

 covered in the United States, in Texas, by J. C. Merrill. 



172. V. al-tl'-18-qufis bar-ba'-tu-lus. Lat. altus, high, from do, I bear up, sustain, and 



loquus, an adjective from loquor, I speak ; pronounced ahlty'lockwooce, like ventri'loquist, 

 grandi'loquent, &c. Lat. barbatulus, having a small beard; barbatus, bearded; barba, a 

 beard. The allusion is to the dusky maxillary streaks. 



173. V. phil-a-del'-phl-cus. See Geothlypis Philadelphia, No. 142. 



174. V. gil'-vus [g hard]. Lat. gilvus, gilbus, galbus, helvus, yellowish, greenish-yellow ; German 



gelfc, Ital. giallo, A. S. gelew, geoluwe ; related tofulvus,Jlavus, &c. 

 1 75. V. g. swam'-sSn-I. To William Swainson. 

 176. V. fla'-vl-frons. Lat. flavus, yellow ; frons, forehead. See Auriparus, No. 56. 



OBS. It would appear from B. C.V., i, 1878, p. 494, that the proper name of this species 



is V. och-rS-leQ'-cus (Gm.) Coues. Gr. uxpos, ochraceous, yellowish, and Aeu/ctfc, white. 

 1 77. V. so-ll-ta ; -rl-us-, Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 

 178. V. cas'-sin-I. To John Cassin, of Philadelphia, sometime the "Nestor of American 



ornithology " ; the only ornithologist America ever produced who knew any consider- 



able number of Old World birds. Not in the orig. ed. ; since recognized. 



