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CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



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169. Myiadestes townsendi (Aud.) Cab. b 235. c 121. \\ 25. 



ToTvnsend's Flycatchlng Thrush. 



170. Vireo olivaceus (L.) V. b 240. c 122. u 135. 



Red-eyed Grecnlet. 



171. Vireo flaviviridis Cass, b 241. c — . k lao. 



Yellow-green Grcenlct. 



172. Vireo altiloquus barbatulus (Cab.) Couc3. b 243. c 123. r 137. 



Block-whiskered Grecnlet. 



173. Vireo philadelphicus Cass. B 244. c 124. R 138. 



Brother ly-love Grecnlet. 



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



Warbling Greenlet. 



175. Vireo gilvus swainsoni Bd. b — . c i25a. r i39o. 



Western Warbling Grecnlet. 



170. Vireo flavifrons V. b 252. c 126. r ho. 

 Yellow-throated Greenlet. 



177. Vireo solitarius V. b 250. c 127. r i41. 



Blue-headed Greenlet. 



178. Vireo solitarius cassini (Xantus) Ridg. b 251. c — . r i4ia. (?) 



Cassin's Greenlet. 



169. 



170. 



171. 



172. 



173. 

 174. 



175. 

 176. 



177. 

 178. 



MjH-i-des'-t5s [inwccadaystacc] town'-send-i. Gr. ixvla, a fly, and ^Seariis, an eater; 

 fScK, or iSo/iai, I cat; sec Mijioilluetrs, No. 140. (Xot to bo written Mijiiutides, as if fly- 

 " taker," J/Hsncn/)a, from ^um and Stftr^i, from Sfxojuai). — To J. K. Townsend, from 

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



VIr'-e-5 [vir'ryoh, not vi'rco] 61-i-va'-c6-fis. Lnt. t-irco, a kind of binl, from vireo, I am 

 green or flourishing. — Late Lat. olicaccus, olive-like, olive-colored ; green obscured with 

 neutral tint ; olii-a, the olive, from olca, Gr. i\ala, the olive-tree ; whence oleum, Gr. 

 f\atov, Eng. oil, oleaginous, &c. 



V. fia-vl-vlr'-l-dls. Lat. Jlurus, yellow, and viridis, green, from vireo. See Auriparus, 

 No. 50. Commonly but wrongly written_//(iiw/)7(//,'i. 



Tliis 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. 



V. al-tl'-lfi-qOtSs bar-ba'-tQ-lfis. Lat. alius, high, from alo, I bear up, sustain, and 

 loquus, an adjective from loqmr, I speak; pronounced ahlty'lockwoocc, like ventri'loquist, 

 (/raiidi'loijiient, &c. — Lat. kirliatiilus, liaving a small beard; barbatus, bearded; barba, a 

 beard. The allusion is to the dusky ma.\illary streaks. 



V. phll-a-d5l'-phI-ciSs. See Geothhjpis jihiludelphia, No. 142. 



V. gil'-vOs \(i hard]. Lat. 7iVi'»,'i, fjilbns, r/albus, hrlrus, yellowish, greenish-yellow ; German 

 gclb, Ital. (jinllo, A. S. (jeletc, ijeoluwe ; related to/iilvus,Jlauus, &c. 



V. g. swain'-s6n-i. To William Swainson. 



V. fla'-vT-frons. Lat. ^(imhs, yellow ;/)ohs, forehead. See /iHri/ionM, No. 60. 



0ns. — It would appear from B. C.V., i, 1878, p. 404, that the proper name of this species 

 is V. och-r6-leu'-ctSs (Gm.) Coucs. Gr. iixpif, ochraceous, yellowish, and \(vk6s, white. 



V. so-lI-ta'-rl-iSs. Lat. solitarius, solitary ; solus, alone. 



V. c5s'-sln-i. To John Cassin, of rhiladelphia, 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. 



