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VIREO. 



853 



Bill large and robust ; .30 or more from noatrils to tip. 

 FirHt quill wore than half 2d. 

 Superciliary Stripe leaching only to the eye. Two 

 wliitiMh wing bands. 

 Second quill about equal to the seoon- 

 dariea. 



Above bright olire green ; beneath 

 greeniiih-yellow, with butTy or 

 oohry tinge. Wing bands and 

 margins of secondaries' broad. 

 Eyelids and region behind eye 

 uniform with the cheeks . ochraceua. 



Above ashy olive. Wing bands and 

 - ' light outer margins of inner 



•* 'I • " ■ secondaries broad. Eyelids 



and region behind eye yellow- 

 ish, in moderate contrast with 

 the cheeks .... craasiro»tri$. 

 Second quill decidedly shorter than th( 

 secondaries. 



Above plumbeous olive. Wing 

 , '• bands very narrow; light 



' ■ edgings of inner secondaries 



' ' almost inappreciable. Eyelids 



and region bt^hind the eye yel- 

 lowish, in strong contrast with 

 the cheeks .... gundlachi, 

 Baperciliary stripe reaching to the nape. No 

 bands on the wing. 



Second quill about equal to secondaries. 

 Above bright alive green ; beneath, 

 with superciliary stripe, deep 

 olivaceous-yellow. Tail length- 

 ened. (Largest and most deep- 

 ly colored of all the species.) . hypochryseus. 



ViREO, Vieill. 



Tireo atricapillus. 



Vireo atricapillus, WoonnotiSB, Pr. A. N. So. 1852, 60 (San Pedro, Tex.). 

 — Ib. Sitgreave's Rep. 18.')3, 75, pi. i, Birds.— Cassin, Illust. 1854, 

 153, pi. xxiv.— Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 337. 



Ilab. Southern border of Western Texac. 



(No. 6,818, % .) Top and sides of head and neck black ; rest of upper parts 

 olive green. Wing- and tail-feathers almost black on their upper surface, 

 tlie quills and rectrices edged with olive (paler on the exterior primaries), 

 23 May. 1869. 



