VrRKOXID.K-TIIE VIRKoH. 



2. V oarmloll- AI,ovo hiownisl. olivo-.n-on. I}o„..a,l,, with 

 sni-ra-lora stni,.., oH.ital ring, an.l ligl.t .narkings „„ ,1,,. .vings li.|,t 

 ocl.r..y-y,.|l„vv inoro whiti.sl. on the tl>ront. Wing, 2.or> ■ tail 2 00 • 

 taivsns, .00 ; bill, .20. //,,/,. c„sta Ri.a. ' ' ' 



3. V. noveboraoonsls. Alx.vo olivt.-gr,.,,n, a.I,y acros.s tin- nnpc. 

 feuiHa-lo.alstni,e and orl.italnMg,L...|, yellow. Bunoath ashy-wlL 

 on throat, purer white on al.clo.nun; .si.les, an.l a tinge ann.ss ti„. 

 brca.s, hght ydlow. Iris white. Wing, 2.40; tail, 2...0 ; tarsns, 

 .CJ , hil , .2 .. Ilah. La.stern Province of Unite.l .Stafs, south ,„> 

 wnner) to Guatemala (and Uogotuy) ; very rare in Cuba ; ah.n.lant 

 anil resident ni JJerniiida. 



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

 B.;low ,,a e gray,sh-bnir. Orbital ring very broad, yellowish-white. 



? w '■ '■w'"' ""■""'•"■' ''"'- •24- //"*• (Mlbrnia; in 

 waiter, Western Mexico to Oaxaea. 



B. Only one band on wing, and this indistinct, 



5. V. belli. Above ashy-ohve, more viroscent posteriorly. Mark- 

 ings on s.le 01 head not well define.l. Below dull wluie, with a 

 slight buny tn>ge, strongly stained with yellow on sides an.l flanks. 

 Upper leathers of n.iddle row of wing-eoverts passing into paK-r at 

 tip, prodncmg an indication of an anterior band. Win.^ 2 •>0 • tail 

 h80; ta...s 09; bill, .2;^. JM. V.ains between thrMLi;sippi 

 Valley and he Iloeky Mountains, from Dakota to Te.xas ; in winter 

 south to Tehuantepe.!, Mexico. 



C. V.pusillus. Abovegrayisl,.ash,very.slightly tinged with olive 

 on nunp. lie ow dull white, ashy laterally, the Hanks with the 

 sl-ghes possible tmge of y..llow. Wing, 2.;30; tail, 2.20; tarsus, 



P V •' i; ''''''• ''"'■ •"•""•"'' ^•"^'" «'■ L-cas, Lowe; 

 California; Cahlorma north t.) Sacrninento City 



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

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

 2.40; tarsus, .67 ; bill, .20, .18 deep. Hub. Fort Whipple, Arizona. 



383 



Vireo atricapillus, Woodhouse. 



BLACK-CAFPEO VISEO. 



A.ri858 S r' :,t'~r"' I""'- ''''• '''' '"• --'•-»-^"">. Birds N. 

 Am. 1858, 337 ; Kev. 353. — Coopeii, Orn. Cal. I, 1870, 121. 



Sp. Char. (No 0,8ia) Top and sides of head and neck black ; rest of upper parUs olive- 

 proen. Wing and tad feathers almost bla.'k on 

 their upper surface, the quills and reetrices e.lged 

 with olive (paler on the exterior primaries), the 

 wing-coverts with two greenish-white banil's on 

 a blackish grouiiiL Broa.l line from bill to and 

 around eye (not meeting on forehead) with under 

 parts white; the .oi.Ies of bo.ly ..livaceous; the 

 axillars and inner wing-covertsOiorhaps crissum) nr^a,nrapiu,.. 



» Fireo earmioli, Baii.d, Review Am. B. I, 1865, p. 356. IM. Costa Ri,a. 



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