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and like the Flycatcher and birds of prey, regurgitated indi- 

 gestible portions of his food, as the skins and seeds of berries, 

 and the legs and wings of insects. He folded his head under 

 his wing to sleep, and rested soundly, unlike his fellow pris- 

 oner, who was never caught asleep for the period of eight 

 months during which he was under observation. But the little 

 Greenlet came to an untimely end, after the custom of pet 

 birds ; aud a lock of hair found in his stomach was supposed 

 to have been the cause of his death. 



Western Warbling Greenlet 



Vireo gilrus swainsoni 



a. gilvus 



Muscicapa gilva, V. " OAS. i. 1807, 65, pi. 34 ".Steph. Gen. ZooL x. 1817, 387. 



SylTia gllva, V. N. D. d'H. N. xi. 1817, 190. V. Ency. Meth. ii. 1823, 453, n. 116. 



Vireo tfilvus, Bp. Journ. Phila. Acad. iv. 1S24, 176. Bp. Ann. Lye. N. T. ii. 1826, 70. Nutt. 

 Man. i. 1832, 309. Aud. OB. ii. 1834, 114, pi. 118. Bp. CGL. 1838, 26. Aud. Syn. 1839, 

 161. Aud. BA. iv. 1842, 149, pi. 241. Oiraud, BLI. 1844, 161. Bp. CA. i. 1850, 330. 

 Hoy, Pr. Phila, Acad. 1853, 309. -Bead, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853, 398. Woodh. Rep. Zufii & 

 CoL R. 1853, 16.Thomps. Vermont, 1853, App. "ZZ.Kennic. Tr. Illinois Agric. Soc. 

 i. 1855, 582. Pratten, ibid. 603. Putn. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, 213. Scl. PZS. 1858, 302 

 (Oaxaca). JSdBNA. 1858,335. Willis, Smiths. Eep. for 1858, 1859, 282. Wheat. Ohio 

 Agric. Rep. for 1860, 1861, 364. Barn. Smiths. Rep. for 18GO, 1861, 436. Coues & Prent. 

 Smiths. Rep. for 1861, 1802, 410 BlaHst. Ibis, 1862, 5 ; 1863, 66 (Saskatchewan). Verr. 

 Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862, 148. Verr. Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 1863, 234 (Maine). Allen, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst. iv. 1864, 67. Hoy, Smiths. Rep. for 1864 1865, 437 (Missouri). Dress. Ibis, 1865, 

 480 (Texas). Mcllwr. Pr. Ess. lust. v. 1866, 87. Butch. Pr. Phila, Acad. 1868, 149 

 (Texas). Coues, Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1868, 277. Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. ix. 1868, 111. Brawn, 

 Ibis, 1868, 421 (Vancouver). Turrib. B. E. Pa, 1869, 26 ; Phila. ed. 19. / Trippe, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst vi. 1871, 117. Coues, Key, 1872, 120, f. 63. Mayn. Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv. 1872, 370. 

 Scott, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1872, 223. Trippe, Pr. Bost. Soc. xv. 1873,236 (Iowa). Allen, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1874, 54 (Dakota). Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 5. Coues, BNW. 1874, 97. 

 Gentry, Life-Hiat. 1876, 218. Minot, BNE. 1877, 157. McCauley, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 

 iii, n. 3, 1877, 662 (Texas). 



Viero gilvus, Peab. Rep. Orn. Mats. 1839, 299. Gregg, Pr. Elmira Acad. 1870, . 



Yireo gilva, Brew. Pr. Bost. Soc. vi. 1857, 109. 



Vireosylvia gilTa, Cass. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1851, 153. Scl. PZS. 1856, 298 (Mexico). Bd. Rev. 

 AB. 1866, 342, fig. Laurr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. 1866, 285. Sumich. Mem. Bost. Soc. i. 

 1869, 548 (Vera Cruz). Ridg. 

 Am. Nat. vii. 1873, 198. 



Vireosylvia gilvus, B. B. & R. NAB. 

 i. 1874, 368, pL 17, f. 3. Brew. 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. xvii. 1875, 440. 



Muscicapa melodia, Wils. AO. v. 1812, 

 85, pi. 42, f. 2. Steph. Gen. Zool. 

 x. 1817, 382. Bp. Journ. Phila. 

 Acad. iv. 1824, 176. 



Grlseous Flycatcher, Steph. 1. c. 



Moucherolle gris, F.^OAS. 1. c. FIG. 57. Vireo gilvus, natural size. 



Fauvette grrise des Etats-Unis, V. 11 cc. 1817 & 1823. 



Vireo ou Moucherolle gris, Lc Moine, Ois. Canad. 1861, 2ia 



Warbling Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Warbling Greenlet, Authors. 



b. swainsoni 



Vireo gilvus, Towns Journ. Phila, Acad. viii. 1839, 153. Henry, Pr. Pbila. Acad. 1855, 313; 

 1859, 106 (New Mexico). Xant. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1859, 191 (California). Coop. <& SucJd 



