334 
SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS. —PASSERES— OSCINES. 
179. V. s. plum'beus. (Lat. plumbeus, lead-colored. Fig. I97-) Plumbeous Greenlet. 
Leaden-gray, rather brighter and more ashy on the ci'own, 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, 
^ y 7 P"^^ white, sides of neck and breast shaded 
^ with the color of the back, flanks, axillars 
and crissum with a mere trace of olivaceous, 
or none ; wings and tail dusky, with con- 
spicuous pure white edgings and cross-bars. 
Size of soUtarius or larger. Length 5.75- 
6.10; extent 9.75-10.25; wing 2.90-3.10; 
FIG. 107. -V. s.plumbeus, nat. size. (From Baird.) ^.^-j g . ^-^^ q . ^ . ^^^.^^^^^ ^^^^ 
the same; spurious quill exposed about 0.75, i as long as the 2d quill. Central Plains 
to the Pacific, U. S., and especially Southern Kocky Mts., where it is abundant. A large stout 
species, a near ally of soUtarius, but nearly all the olivaceous of that species replaced by 
phmibeous, and the yellowish by wdiite, so that it is a very different-looking bird. Fall 
specimens, however, are more olivaceous, and the bird evidently grades closely up to soUtarius. 
180. V. vici'nior. (Lat. vicinus, neighboring.) Gray Greenlet. With the general appearance 
of a small faded specimen of plumbeus : 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; wing and tail 
each 2.50 ; tarsus nearly 0.75 ; middle toe and claw hardly over 0.50 ; tip of inner claw falling 
short of base of middle claw ; tail decidedly rounded ; spurious quill exposed 0.75, i 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 pUimbeus, but more closely allied to the smaller rounder- 
winged species like noveboracensis and especially pusiUus ; 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. 
181. V. noveboracen'sis. (Lat. novus, new, Eboracum, York. Fig. 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,. 
\> /lil with axillars and cris- 
sum, bright yellow; a 
bright yellow line from 
nostrils to and around 
eye; lores dusky; two 
broad yellowish wing- 
bars ; inner secondaries 
widely edged with the 
same ; bill and feet 
blackish-plumbeous; eyes white. About 5 inches long; extent 8.00; wing 2.33-2.50 ; tail 
2.25; spurious quill 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. 
182. V. Imt'toni. (To Wm. Hutton, of Cala. Fig. 199.) Hutton's Greenlet. Similar to the 
last, but differing much as flaviviridis does from oUvaceus, in having the under parts almost 
Fig. 198. — V. noveboracensis, nat. size. (From Baird.) 
