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REVIEW OF AMEKICAV litKDS. 



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ZanirtVeo. liod/ stout ; head broad. Uill abort and stout, broad 

 at base, the uulmuu curved from the base, the cMuuiiHHuru vol- 

 Hiderably arched. Bill blue black. Feet stout. Typ» V, Jlavi/ruui. 

 Bpevies V. JlaviJ'ions, $olUuTiu», profiiii^uus, pliimheut. 



VsBBO. Wiugs short and roundbd, a little lok^ r than the tail, equal to it, or 

 shorter. First primary distinct aud large, from two-iinhH to half or luuru 

 the leugth of the second, shorter or not longer than the eighth. 



Vireo. Wings pointed ; ilrst quill less than half the second, which 

 is about equal to seventh or eighth, and decidedly longer thau tliu 

 tenth primary aud the secondaries. Type V. noveboracenti*. Tim 

 species coming under this section are noveboracensit, caruiuli, uiri- 

 capillua, hultoni, btlli, viciHior,' aud pusilla. 



Vireonella. Wings rounded, scarcely longer than the tail ; the first 

 quill half as long as the second (or more than half), which i» not 

 longer than the tenth primary aud secondaries, or even luHit. Bill 

 aud feet generally much stouter than the preceding. Ty])e Y. 

 gundlachi. The species belonging liere are viodestut,' lalimeri, 

 puUena, ochraceu$, craimiroatris, yumilachi, aud hi/jiocbryseiu, 



> The Vireones are found throughout the New World, both to 

 the extreme worth and south, each section having ])oculiar forms. 

 None of the North American species are ever met with in tlie Wost 

 Indies, excepting V. olivaceus, solitarius, Jlavifrons, and norehora- 

 censis, in Cuba, where they are extremely rare, and occur only as 

 stragglers. They, however, penetrate on the Continent far to the 

 south, in winter, some even reaching Bogota. 



VIREOSYLVIA, Bon. 



Vireosylvia, Bon. Geog. Comp. List, 1838. (Type Muscicapa oUoaeea, Lis.) 

 Phyllomane8, Cab. Arch. Nat. 1847, 1, 321. (No type mentioned ; uam« 

 proposed as substitute for Vireostflvia.) 



Wings pointed, longer than the tail, which is nearly even, or very slightly 

 rounded. First primary (as in the type), wanting apparently in some spt-cies. 

 Bill elongated, about as broad as deep at base, then becoming more and more 

 compressed ; the commissure and culmen nearly straight to the abruptly de- 

 curved an(^ hooked tip. Both mandiblep with distinct notch, the lowtr also 

 slightly hooked. Nostrils open, oval, in lower edge of cavity, with membrane 

 above and behind ; the frontal feathers advanced and reaching nearly to 

 posterior edge. Bristles in frontal feathers and in rictus to moderate extent. 

 Legs in typo rather short and weak ; tarsus but little longer than middle toe 



' V. victnior has the first qnill half or rather more than half the seoond, 

 but otherwise falls within the limits of the present section. 



' V. modestns in very small bill and other characters belongs very near V. 

 hnttnni of the preceding section, although its short wing brings It under the 

 present one. 



