Ui 



REVIEW OP AMERICAN BIRDS. 



[part r. 





tbe wing coverta with two greenish-white banda on * bUokish ground. 



Kroaii line from bill to and aroiiiKt 

 eye (notViieeting on forehuail) witlji 

 under parts, white ; the sideH of 

 body olivaceoufl ; the axillarH and 

 inner wing coverts (perhaps orin- 

 Bum) jellowish. Bill black ; feet 

 plumheouH. 



Firflt quill leas than half 2d, wliidi 

 about e(iual8 the 10th ; 3d little 

 shorter than 4th (longest). 

 (No. 6,818.) Fresh ap«olmen : Total length, 4.75 ; expanse of wings, 7.25; 

 wing from carpal Joint, 2.12. Prepared specimen: Total length, 4.1(1; wing, 

 2.2.'); tail, 1.95; exposed portion of 1st primary, .66, of 2d, 1.48, of longest 

 (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 1.77 ; length of biil from fore- 

 head, ..')4, from nostril, .29, ahng gape, .61 ; tarsus, .7.") ; middle toe and claw, 

 .60, oiaw alone, .17 ; hind toe aui olaw, .40, claw alone, .19. 



The black head of this species, as far as known, makes it nniciiu; 

 in the genus. It is extremely rare, but three specimens being known. 



«M1M 



Vireo atrieapfUut, Woods. (Texai.) 



(6,818.) 4.73; 7.25; 2.12. (16,040.) Type. 



Tlreo noTeboracensU. 



Muscicapa noveboracensis, Qji. Svst. Nat. 1, 1788, 947 ( Green Fly- Catcher, 

 Prnhant, Arctic Zool. II, 389).^ Tirao noveb. Bo». Obs. Wilson, 

 1825.— Add. Orn. Riog. I, 328, pi. 63.— Ib. Birds Am. IV, pi. 240.- 

 Cassin, Pr. A. N. Sc. 1851, 150.— Baird, Birds N. Am. 1858, 338.- 

 Max. Cab. Jour. VI, 1S58, 187.- Sclater, P. Z. S. 1857, 204 

 (Xalapa) ; 228 (Vera Cruz).— Ib. Catal. 18111, 42, no. 256.-Scl. 

 & Salv. Ibis, II, 1860, 274 (Coban, Guat.).— Jones, Nat. Bermuda, 

 1859, 71 (resident). — Cab. Jour. Ill, 469 (Cuba).- Gundlach, 

 Cab. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba ; rare). 



Vireo miisicus, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 83, pi. 63. — Muscicapa 

 cantatrix, Wils. II, 1810, 266, pi. xviii. 



Hah. United States, west to base of Rocky Mountains ; sonth to Guatemala; 

 Bogota? Very rare in Cuba. Abundant and resident in the Bermudas. 



(No. 10,193, % .) First primary about half the length of 2d, which is longer 

 than secondaries, and about equal to the 8th ; the 4th longest ; 3d and Sth 

 little shorter. 



Above quite bright olive green ; the sides of neck, and a gloss on its upper 

 surface, ashy. The middle concealed portion of feathers of lower back ami 

 rump pale sulphur yellowish. Beneath white ; the chin and lower cheeks 



\fti^■■> •i^'-^-^r^-' 



