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SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSEBES— OSCINES. 



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V. s. plum'beus. (Lat. plumheus, lead-colored. Fig. 197.) Plumbeous Greenlet. 

 Leaden-gray, rather brighter and more ashy on the crown, but without marked contrast, 

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



and below this a dusky loral stripe ; below. 



pure white, sides of neck and breast shaded 

 with the color of the back, flanks, axillars 

 and erisgum with a mere trace of olivaceous, 

 or none; wings and tail dusky, with con- 

 spicuous pure white edgings and cross-bars. 

 Size of soUta/rius or larger. Length 5.75- 

 6.10; extent 9.75-10.25; wing 2.90-3.10; 

 tail 2.50; bill 0.50; tarsus 0.66; middle toe 

 i as long as the 2d quiU. Central Plains 



A large stout 



180. 



181. 



Fig. 197. 



-V. s.plvmbeus, nat. size. (From Baiid.) 



the same; spurious quill exposed about 0.75, 



to the Pacific, U. S., and especially Southern Eocky Mts., where it is abundant, 

 species, a near ally of soUta/rius, but nearly all the olivaceous of that species replaced by 

 plumbeous, and the yellowish by white, so that it is a very different-looking bird. Pall 

 specimens, however, are more olivaceous, and the bird evidently grades closely up to solitarius. 

 V. vici'niop. (Lat. vicinus, neighboring.) GtEAY Greenlet. With the general appearance 

 of a small faded specimen of pliimbeus : leaden-gray, faintly olivaceous on the rump, below 

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

 no markings about head except a whitish eye-ring. Length 5.75 ; extent 8.66 ; vring and tail 

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

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

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

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

 plainest- colored species, resembling pl/wmbeus, but more closely allied to the smaller rounder- 

 winged species like iwveiorouiensis and especially pusiV/us ; 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, Eboracum, York. Pig. 198.) White-eyed 

 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, white, the sides of 



the breast and belly, 

 with axUlars and cris- 

 sum, bright yellow; a 

 bright yellow line from 

 nostrils to and around 

 eye; lores dusky; two 

 broad yellovidsh wing- 

 bars ; inner secondaries 

 widely edged with the 

 same : bill and feet 



Fig. 198. — V, noveboracensis, nat. size, 

 blackish-plumbeous ; eyes white. About 5 



182. 



(From Baird.) 



inches long; extent 8.00; vring 3.33-2.50; tail 

 2.26 ; spurious quiU exposed 0.75, i as long as the 2d, which about equals the 8th; tarsus 

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

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

 Mts. ; rather southerly, N. only to the Connecticut Valley ; noted for its sprightly manners 

 and emphatic voice. 



v. hut'toni. (To Wm. Hutton, of Cala. Fig. 199.) Hutton's Greenlet. Similar to the 

 last, but differing much as flcmviridis does from oUeaceus, in having the under parts almost 



