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VIREONIN-®. VIREO. 
stout. Tarsus rather short, slender, compressed, with seven 
scutella ; toes small, first large, inner considerably shorter 
than outer, which is adnate at the base. Plumag^e soft and 
blended ; bristles small. Wings rather long, with the second 
and third quills longest, the first not much shorter. Tail of 
moderate length, nearly even. 
238. 1. Vireo flavifrons, Vieill. Yellow-throated Green- 
let. 
Plate CXIX. Male. 
Upper parts light green, the rump, scapulars, and smaller wing- 
coverts bluish -grey ; quills and coverts brownish-black ; two bands of 
white on the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary coverts and 
first row of small coverts ; primaries narrower, edged with yellowish- 
green, secondaries broadly with white ; tail-feathers brownish-black, 
the outer edged with white ; sides of the neck yellowish-green ; a line 
over the eye, throat, and breast yellow, the rest of the lower parts 
white. 
Male^ 5f, 9^. 
From Texas to Nova Scotia. Rare in the interior, more abundant 
in the middle Atlantic districts. Migratory. 
Yellow-throated Flycatcher, Muscicapa sylvicola, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 117. 
Vireo flavifrons, Bonap. Syn. p. 70. 
Yellow-throated Vireo, Ndtt. Man. v. i. p. 302. 
Yellow-throated Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, Aud. Om. Biog. v. ii. p. 119 5 
V. V. p. 428. 
239. 2. Vireo solitarius, Vieill. Solitary Greenlet. 
Plate XXVIII. Male and Female. 
Upper parts light olive-green, head greyish-blue ; lower white, the 
sides greenish-yellow ; eyelids and a band of white from the bill over 
the eye ; a dusky spot before the eye ; quills and coverts brownish- 
black ; two bands of white on the wing, formed by the tips of the 
secondary coverts and first row of small coverts ; primaries narrowly 
edged with yellowish-green, secondaries broadly with white ; tail- 
feathers brownish-black, the outer edged with white ; head and sides 
of neck inclining to greyish-blue. 
Mak, 54 , 8L 
From Texas to Nova Scotia, rather abundant. Rare in the interior. 
Columbia River. Migratory. 
Solitary Flycatcher, Muscicapa solitai’ia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 143. 
Vireo solitarius, Bonap. Syn. p. 79. 
Solitary Vireo or Flycatcher, Vireo solitarius, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 305. 
Solitary Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo solitarius, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 147 ; v. v. 
p. 432. 
