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dent; breeds; very much less numerous than the preceding species. 

 Arrives early in May (20, 1875; 7, 1876; 9, 1877; 9, 1878; 8, 1879), 

 and remains till autumn. 



Dimensions Average measurements of six specimens : length, 5-80; 

 stretch, 9-07; wing, 2-85; tail, 2-14; culmen, -46; bill from nostril, 

 *30; gape, -68; tarsus, -72. 



63. Vireo philadelphicus, (Cassia). BROTHERLY-LOVE VIRKO ; 

 PHILADELPHIA GUKENLET. In the "Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornitho- 

 logical Club," Vol. Ill, No. 1, p. 40, January, 1878, I recorded the cap- 

 ture of the first Brotherly-love Greenlet in this State as follows: "I 

 have a single male specimen of this scarce species in my collection, 

 taken near here. It was shot by my friend, Mr. William K. Lente, at 

 Cold Spring, as it hopped about in a tree-top, September 24, 1875. 

 This example exhibits the intensity of yellow color on the under parts 

 which characterizes the autumnal plumage." Mr. Frank R. Rathbun, 

 in his "Revised List of Birds of Central New York," p. 16, April 17th, 

 1879, states that it is "found regularly in the Spring migrations." The 

 species was not mentioned in the original "Rathbun-Fovvler List," 

 published in the "Auburn Daily Advertiser" of August 14, 1877. 

 From information lately received, I am able to predict that additional 

 captures, in other parts of New York, will be recorded ere long. 



Dimensions. Measurements of my specimen : [length, 4-75 ; stretch, 

 7-62. W. K. Lente] wing, 2-52; tail, 1-93; culmen, -39; bill from nos- 

 tril, -28; gape, -57; tarsus, -65. 



64. Vireo flavifrons, VieiUot. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO ; YEL- 

 LOW-THROATED GKEENLET. A summer resident; breeds. Most nu- 

 merous during the spring and fall migrations. Arrives early in May 

 (15, 1874; 16, 1875; 8, 1876; 12, 1877; April 27, 1878, W. C. Osborn), 

 remaining till about the first of October (September 19, 1874). 



The Yellow-throated Vireo is a noisy, chattering species, capable of 

 producing a very fair musical entertainment when so disposed. Its 

 nest, very similar to that of olivaceus, is built the last of May, or early 

 in June. I caught a male bird, sitting upon two fresh eggs, as early 

 as May 25 (1874). In the spring, when this pretty species is abundant, 

 it passes through in straggling bands of some size. 



Dimensions. Average measurements of twelve specimens : length, 

 5-95; stretch, 9-78; wing, 3 05; tail, 2-10; bill from nostril, -36; gape, 

 72; tarsus, -76; middle toe, -47; its claw, -20. 



65. Vireo solitarius, ( Wilson). SOLITARY VIREO ; BLUE-HEADED 

 VIREO. A common spring and fall migrant. Arrives about the first 

 of May (9, 1876; April 23, 1877; May 13, 1878; 8, 1879), and passes 

 through before June (seen May 24, 1876; 18, 1877). In autumn, it 

 passes through during September and the first part of October. It is 

 frequently seen associated in good-sized flocks. I have seen a splen- 



