100 VIREO SOLITAEIUS VAE. PLUMBEUS, PLUMBEOUS VIEEO. 

 VIREO SOLITAJRIUS var. PLUMBEUS, (Coues) AUen. 



Flumbeoas Yireo. 



" Vireo most like soUtarias," CouBS, Ibis, ld65, 164. 



Tireo soJitar'ms, Coop., Pr. Cal. Acad. 1870, 17.5 (Colorado Valley). 



Vveo pUmbens, Coues, Pr. Pliila. Acad. 1866, 73 (Arizona).— Coites, Key, 1872, 122, fig. 6. 



Fireosi/Ma plumbea, Bd., Eev. 1868, 349 (same spec.).— Aiic, P. B. S. 1872, 198 (Colorado). 



Virto .lolitarius var. plumbcus, Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. iii, 187-2, 176.— Coues, Key, 1872, 351. 



Lanivireo solitarins var. plumbem, B. B. & E., N. A. B. i, 1374, 377. 



Hab. — Southern Eocky Mountain region. North to Laramie Peak (Hite). South to 

 Qoliraa {Xantus). " Western edge of the plains of Colorado, and in the mountains up 

 to about 10,000 feet; Ogden, Utah" {Allen). 



Although this bird was not procured by the Expeditions, its occurrence 

 in the region of the Upper Missouri is shown by specimens obtained at 

 Laramie Peak by Dr. R. B. Hitz. 



Typical examples look so different from ordinary solitarius that I con- 

 fidently described it as a distinct species. Some of Mr. Allen's speci- 

 mens, however, which he kindly submitted to my inspection, show an 

 approach to typical solitarius, and I am now inclined to rate it as one of 

 the numerous duller-colored races of birds found in the same region. 



I found it very abundant in the pine woods around Fort Whipple, 

 Arizona, in summer, from April 25th until October. It unquestionably 

 breeds there, although I did not find its nest. I shot it in July and 

 August. Mr. Aiken took it in Colorado in May, and, according to Mr. 

 Trippe's manuscript, it arrives at Idaho Springs, in tliat Territory, in 

 the latter part of May, a week or so before the Warbling Vireo makes 

 its appearance. "It ranges up the mountains to 9,000 feet, and is quite 

 numerous somewhat lower, while the Warbling Vireo is comparatively 

 rare at such heights, and does not reach above 8,000 feet." In all points 

 of habit it is the counterpart of its eastern representative. 



VIEEO NOVEBOEAOBNSIS, (Gm.) Bp. 

 White-eyed Vireo, 



Musdoapa noveboracensis, Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 947. 



rireo noveboracensis, Bp., Obs. Wils. 1825 ; Syn. 1828, 70 ; List, 1838, 26.— Nutt., Man. i, 

 1832, 306.— AUD., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 328 ; v, 1839, 431 ; pi. 63 ; Syn. 1839, 161 ; 

 B. A. iv, 1842, 146, pi. 240.— Gm., B. L. I. 1844, 158.— Cass., Pr. Phila. Acad. 

 1851, 150.— WooDH., Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 75 (Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Ter- 

 ritory).— Cae., J. f O. iii, 469 (Cuba).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 358 ; Eev. 1866, 354.— 

 SCL., P. Z. S. 1857, 204, 228 (Xalapa and Vera Cruz).- Maxim., J. f. O. vi, 1858, 

 187.— Jones, Nat. Berm. 1bT)9, 71.— Scl. & Salv., Ibis, ii, 1860, 274 (Gunte- 

 mala).— GuNDL., J. f. 0. 1861, 324 (Cuba).— Scl., Cat. 1862, 42.— Coues, Pr. Ess. 

 Inst. V, 1868 (New England). — Coues, Am. Nat. 1671, 197 (Kansas). — Trippe, 

 Pr. Ess. Inst, vi, 1871, 117 (Minnesota).- Allen, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 270 

 (Florida, wintering) ; iii, 1872, 176 (Kansas). — Snow, B. Kans. 1873, 5. — Coles, 

 Key, 1872, fig. 68.— B. B. & E., N. A. B. i, 1874, 385 ; and of most late writers. 



Vireo musicus, Vielll., Ois. Am. Sept. i, 1807, 83, pi. 52. 



Miisnieapa caniatrix, WiLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1810, 26G, pi. 18, fig. 6. 



Hab. — Eastern United States. Minnesota. Not recorded from Maine. "Nova Scotia" 

 {A ndubon). Westward regularly to Kansas, Indian Territory, and Western Texas ; oc- 

 casionally to eastern foot-hills of the Eocky Mountains. " Columbia Eiver" (Audubon ; 

 not since verified). South to Guatemala. Cuba (rare). Bermudas (resident, common). 

 Eastern Mexico. Breeds through most of its United States rangp. Winters from South 

 Carolina, Georgia, the Gulf States, and southward. 



List of specimens. 



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U. Missouri . 



(No date). 



F. V. Hayden. 



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