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Lanivireo solitarius plumbeus (Coues) 



Plumbeous Vireo 



Vireo plumbeus Coues. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1866. 74 

 Lanivireo solitarius plumbeus A. O. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. 

 p. 300. No. 629b 



Distinguishing characteristics. Upper parts leaden gray, the crown 

 not sharply contrasted in color with the back; rump glossed with olive; 

 line from base of bill to the eye and eye ring pure white; flanks with a mere 

 trace of olivaceous; slightly larger than the Blue-headed vireo. 



This subspecies inhabits the southern Rocky Mountain region from 

 Nevada and northern Wyoming and southwestern South Dakota to south- 

 western Texas and Vera Cruz. It is purely accidental in the eastern states, 

 a single individual — an adult female — having been collected at Peter- 

 boro, N. Y., September 24, 1893, by Gerrit S. Miller jr (see Auk, 11:79). 



Vireo griseus griseus (Boddaert) 

 White-eyed Vireo 



Plate 91 



Tanagra grisea Boddaert. Table PI. Enl. 1783. 45 



Vireo n o v e b o r a c e n s i s DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2^^ p. 122, fig. 78 

 Vireo griseus griseus A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 301. No. 631 

 vireo, Lat., "I am green," referring to the prevalent color of the upper parts; 

 griseus, new Lat., gray 



Description. Upper parts olive green; under parts whitish; the sides, 

 flanks and crissum yellow; line from nostril to the eye and eye ring yellow; 

 wings have 2 whitish bars; iris white; bill and feet dusky leaden color. 



Length 5-5.3 inches; extent 8; wing 2.35-2.5; tail 2; bill .5; tarsus .75. 



Distribution, The White-eyed vireo inhabits eastern United States 

 from eastern Nebraska, southern Wisconsin, southern New York and 

 Massachusetts, to Texas and Florida; winters from South Carolina and 

 Texas southward to Guatemala. In New York this bird is practically 

 confined to the Carolinian district, being a common or abundant summer 

 resident on Staten Island, Long Island and in the lower Hudson valley, 

 but is uncommon in central and western New York, very few unquestioned 



