VIREOSYLVIA. 347 



Tireosylvia solitaria. 



Muscicapa solitaria, WiLS. Am. Orn. II, 1810, 143, pi. xvii, fig. 6.-7- 

 Vireo solitarius, Vieill. Nouv. Diot. XI, 1817. — AuD. Orn. Biog. I, 

 pi. 23.— Id. Birds Am. IV, 1842, pi. 239.— Cassin, Pr. A. N. So. 

 1851, 150.— ScLATEK, P. Z. i3. 1856, 298 (Cordova) ; 1859, 363 

 (Xalapa); 375 (Oaxaca?).— Ib. Catal. 1861, 42, no. 255 ?— Sclateb 

 & Salvin, Ibis, 1860, 31 (Guatemala).— Cab. Jour. 111,468 (Cuba). 

 — GuNDLACB, Cab. Jour. 1861, 324 (Cuba ; very rare). — Vireo {Lani- 

 vireo) sol. Baied, Birds N. Am. 1858, 329. 



? Vireo cassini, Xantus, Pr. A. N. So. May, 1858, 117 (Fort Tejon). — 

 Baibd, Birds N. Am. 1858, 340, pi. 78, fig. 1 (same spec). 



Hab. United States, from Atlantic to Pacific ; Cape St. Lucas. Not recorded 

 from southern Rooky Mts., where replaced by V, plumbea. South to Mexico 

 and Guatemala. Very rare in Cuba. 



(No. 300, % .) Above olive green, including upper tail coverts ; the top and 

 sides of head and nape ashy plumbeous ; sides of the neok plumbeous olive. 

 Broad line from nostrils to 

 and around eye, involving 

 the whole lower eyelid, 

 white. A loral line in- 

 volving the edg^ of the 

 . eyelid, and a space be- 

 neath the eye dusky plum- 

 beous. Beneath white ; 

 the sides yellow, overlaid 

 with olive, this color not rireosylvia solitaria. (Washington, D. C.) 



extending anterior to the 



breast. Axillars and base of crissum pale sulphur yellow, the long feathers 

 of the latter much paler or nearly white. Wings with two bands and outer 

 edges of innermost secondaries olivaceous-white ; the quills dark brown, 

 edged externally with olive green, internally with white ; tail feathers simi- 

 larly marked, except that the lateral feather is edged externally also with 

 white, the central without internal border. Bill and legs blackish-plumbeous. 

 Iris brown. ' 



First quill spurious, rather more than one-fifth the 2d, which is intermedi- 

 ate between 5th and 6th ; 3d longest. 



(No. 300, % .) Fresh specimen : Total length, 5.40 ; expanse of wings, 9.00. 

 Prepared specimen: Total length, 5.25 ; wing, 2.95 ; tail, 2.35 ; difference be- 

 tween 10th and longest primary, .85 ; exposed portion of 1st primary, .50, of 

 2d, 2.08, of longest (measured from exposed base of 1st primary), 2.25 ; 

 length of bill from forehead, .60, from nostril, .31, along gape, .66 ; tarsus, .72 ; 

 middle toe and claw, .54 ; hind toe and claw, .46. 



Spring specimens show sometimes a gloss of plumbeous on the 

 back, obscuring the olive, the contrast of colors being greater in 

 the autumnal and young birds. Sometimes the crissum appears 

 nearly white. The length of the spurious primary varies consider- 



