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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS.— FASSEBES— OSCINES. 



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V. s. plum'beus. (Lat. plumbeiis, lead-eolored. P'ig. ]!)7.) 1'mjmiieouk Gkeenlet. 

 Leaden-gray, rather brighter and mure asliy on the ci-nwii, hut witlioiit mai'ked contrast, 

 faintly glossed with olive on rump ; a conspicuous white line from nostril to ;ind around eye, 



and hclow this a dusky loral stripe ; helow, 

 pure white, sides of neck and breast shaded 

 with the cohir of the back, flanks, axillars 

 and crissuui with a mere trace of olivaceous, 

 or none; wings and tail dusky, witli con- 

 s[)iGUous jiurc. white edf^'ings and cmss-bars. 

 Size of solUuriiifi or larger. Length .S./.")- 

 G.IO; extent 9.75-10.25; wing 2.'J0-;i.l0; 

 tail 2.50; bill 0.50; tarsus 0.60; middle toe 

 as long as the 3d quill. Central Plains 



Fig. 197. — F. s. plumhniH, nat. size. (From Bair'l.) 



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the same; spurious quill exposed about 0.75, 

 to the Pacific, U. S., and especially Southern Kocky IVIts., wliere it is aliuudant. A large stout 

 species, a near ally of soUtariufi, but nearly all the olivacecpus of tliat species I'eplaced by 

 plumbeous, and the yelhiwish by white, so that it is a very differeut-looking bird. Fall 

 specimens, however, are m<jre olivaceous, and the bird evitlently grades closely up t(j solitarius. 

 V. vicl'nlor. (Lat. vicinus, neighboring.) (iuAv Greenlet. With the general appearance 

 of a small faded specimen <A pUmiheas : leaden-gray, faintly olivaceous on the runqi, below 

 white, with hardly a trace of yellowish cm the sides; wings and tail hardly edged with white; 

 no markings about head except a whitish eye-ring. Length 5.75 ; extent 8.06; wing and tail 

 each 2.50 ; tarsus nearly 0.75 ; middle toe and claw hardly over 0.50 ; tip of inner chiw falling 

 short of base of middle claw ; tail decidedly rounded ; spurious quill exposed 0.75, 1 as long as 

 the 2d primary, which latter is not longer than the 8lh. These peculiar proportions of tbe 

 original type specimen are constant, and the species is distinct from any other. It is our 

 plainest-colored species, resembling plumbeufs, but more closely allied to the smallei- rounder- 

 winged species Uke noveboracensis and especially panillus ; the toes are almost abnormally 

 short, and the tail is as long as the wing. Arizona and New Mexico. The type-specimen 

 long remained unique, but others have since been found. 



V. noveboracen'sis. (Lat. novus, new, Ehoracum, York. Fig. 198.) Wiiite-eved 

 Greenlet. Above, bright olive-green, including crown ; a slight ashy gloss on the cervix, 

 and the rump showing yellowish when the feathers are disturbed ; below, wliite, the sides of 



the breast and belly, 

 with axillars and cris- 

 sum, bright yellow ; a 

 briglit y(dhnv line from 

 nostrils to and around 

 eye; lores dusky; two 

 broad yellowish wing- 

 bars ; inner secondaries 

 widely edged with the 

 ""■""' ''■''"■■'^ .same ; biU and feet 



blackisli-]ilimibeous ; eyes white. About 5 incbes long; extent 8.00; wing 2.33-2.50; tail 

 2.25; spuiious quill expo.sed 0.75, i as long as tb(! 2il, wliicli about equals the 8th; tarsus 

 about 0.75 ; middle toe and claw 0.50 ; bill nearly 0.50. A small, compact, Tirightly-colored 

 sjiecies, abundant in shrubbery and tangle of the Eastern U. S. ; W. rarely to the Rocky 

 Mts. ; ratlier southerly, N. only to the Connecticut VaQey ; noted for its sjirigbtly manners 

 and empliatic voice. 



V.liut'toni. (To Wm. liutton, of f'ala. Fig. 199.) Mutton's Greeni>et. Similar to the 

 last, but dificring much a^a flaviviridis docs from olivaceus , hi having the under |)arts almost 



Fio, 198. — V. nnvchoracrvHiH, nat, size. 



