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common notes of this Vireo very closely rescnil.le Iho.se of the Western Wood 

 VV reu (Tivi/ludi/ks jjudiuunni). 



Vireosylvia flavifrons. 



Lanivireo flavifrons, IJaiku. 



YELLOW-THBOATED VIBEO. 



Vireoflavifrmts,\n,iu.. Ois. A.n. Sept. 1. 1807. 85. pi. liv. - Aud. Om. Bio. II 1834 

 pl. C.V.X.-IU Bhcls. An.. IV. pi. c....x.xxviii. _ C..s,s,.s-, IV A. N. ^.^:^'^t 



lbs. I, 18.9, 12(G,mt,.n,ak)._rA.K ,Io«r. III. 408 (Cuba ; wint,.,). - (irsm v,„ 

 Cub. Jour. 801.324(Cuba; ,.a..).-C.vu..Iou,.. 18«0. 405 (Co.sta Hica . T/ <« ^ „ ! 

 ^^Jl^. 1U,K,,. H„..ls X An.. 1858. 341. nrcs.l.,. iL„.Uirc^ J„„frons, i^Z, 

 lt(^. o4b. Muscicapa sulvicula, WiLs. Am. Oiii. 11, iSKi. 117, j,i. vii, f. 3. 



bnglu oIuo-gn.en. Lower buok, run.p. tail, and winfr-uov.rt. ashy. Win-^s brow, ^vitli 

 two white bands across the coverts, the in„s oiown, « ,tl, 



outer edges of inner secon(hu-ies, and inner 

 edges of all the qtnlLs, with inside of wing, 

 white. Outer primaries edncd with grav.' 

 the inner with olive. Tail-feathers browli,' 

 entirely encirelwl liy a narrow edge of white! 

 Under parts to middle of body, a line from 

 nostrils over eye, eyelids, an.l patch be- 

 neath the eye (bordered behind by the olive 

 of neck) bright gamboge-yellow; rest of 



;;;™be:s,:!f'"'^ ""^^ '^"""^■^'"^-" -"" -^'^- ^- ^^-^y- ^^^ -<> -^.^ 



No spnrimr. prin,ary evident : .second quill longest ; first a little shorter than third 

 ta«; ' "'"'''•""' ''"''•"" '""''•'^"'^^ •"■ '"■•"-' -' -~t quills .90; 



Cuba."" ''''^'"" ""'"'"' '^'"'"' '"'"' '" "-'"^'^ ^'^" ''^"-''^"'^ («--•'«•)• ^'-y '-e iu 



Autumnal birds, perhaps more especially the youn.sj, are more glossed with 

 olmiceous. winch nivades the ashy portions, and tinj,res the white 



Habits All the older ornithological writers, in speaking of the Vellow- 

 throated Vireo, repeat each other in descrihing it as peculiarly attracted to 

 the iorest. seeking its solitudes and gleaning its food chieHy amon- its top- 

 most branches. Such has not been my experience with this interesting and 

 attractive little songster. I have found no one of this genus, n<.t even the 

 fva, so common in the vicinity of dwcdlings, or more familiar and fearless 

 m Its intercourse with man. All of its nests that I have ever met with have 

 been built ,n gardens an.l orchards, and in clo.se proximity to dwelling,s, and 

 they have also been exclusively in comparatively low positions In one of 

 the most recent instances a i,air of these birds built one of their beautiful 

 mo^s-covered nests in a low branch of an apple-tree that overhung the cro- 

 quet-ground, within a few rods of my house. It was first noticed iu conse- 



