BIRDS — LANIIDAE — ^VIEEO GILVUS. 



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longest The bill is decidedly longer and stouter than that of V. olivaceus, measuring above 

 about .61 of an inch instead of .54. It is also narrow towards the end. The size, however, is 

 considerably less, the wings being a q^uarter of an inch shorter. The ash of the crown is not 

 so well defined. 



The Phyllomanes barhatulus of Cabanis, from Cuba, (Journal fur Ornithologie, 1855, 467,) is 

 very closely allied to the present bird. 



VIREO PHILADELPHICUS, Cassin. 



Vireosyhia philadelphica, Casbiit, Pr. A. N. Sc. Phila. V, Feb. 1851, 153. — Ib. VI ; pi. i, f. 1, Philadelphia. 



Sp. Ch. — Without any spurious primary. Second and third quills longest; fourth a little shorter; first about .20 of an 

 inch shorter than second, and about equal to the fifth. Above dark olive green, slightly inclining to ashy on the crown ; 

 beneath pale sulphur yellow, brightest on the throat and breast. A white line from the bill over the eye, and an obscure white 

 spot below it. A dusky line from the commissure through and behind the eye. Length about 5 inches ; wing, 2.75 ; tail, 

 2.10; tarsus, .65. 



Hob. — Pennsylvania to Wisconsin. 



This rare species resembles very closely in size and general appearance the V. gilvus, 

 especially those with a decidedly yellow tinge beneath. It will be, however, at once distin- 

 guished by the absence of the spurious primary. The under parts are very strongly sulphur 

 yellow instead of almost white ; the upper are darker and purer green ; the markings about 

 the head are better defined. The bill is smaller. 



List of specimens. 



VIREO aiLYUS, Bonap. 



WarWing Flycatcher. 



Mnscicapagilva, Vieillot, Ois. I, 1807, 65 ; pi. xxxiv. 



Vlreo gilvus, Bonap. Obs. Wilson, 1825, No. 123.— Nutt. I, 1832, 309.— Am. Orn. Biog. 11, 1834, 114: V. 



1839, 433 ; pi. 118.— Ib. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 149 ; pi. 241. 

 Muscicapamelodia, Wilson, Am. Orn. V, 1812, 85; pi. 42, fig. 2. 



Sp. Ch. — ^Third, fourth, and fifth quills nearly equal ; second and sixth usually about equal, and about .25 of an inch shorter 

 than third ; the exposed portion of spurious quill about one-fourth the third . Above greenish olive ; the head and hind neck 

 ashy, the back slightly tinged with the same . Lores dusky ; a white streak from the base of the upper mandible above and a 

 little behind the eye ; beneath the eye whitish. Sides of the head pale yellowish brown. Beneath white, tinged with very pale 

 yellow on the breast and sides . No light margins whatever on the outer webs of the wings or tail . Length about 5^ inches ; 

 wings nearly 3. Spurious primary one-fourth the. length of second. 



Hob. — Atlantic to Pacific coast of the United States. 



In this species the bill is slender ; nearly straight to the tip, which is suddenly deflexed. 

 The spurious primary is very short and slender ; its exposed portion about one-fourth that of 



