. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . w of small coverts. Tail feathersbrown, edged with light greyish-olive. Sides of the breast thickly streakedwith black dots. The lower parts white, tinged with light dusky, the claws darker. Second quill longest. Bill along the ridge ^ inch, along the gap f; from bill to pinion 1-|; to endof wing 5 inches, to end of claws 6|-, to end of tail 7; alar extent 10TV; wingfrom flexure 3T7g-; tarsus ^; middle toe ^-*, its claw i; hind toe %-*, its claw §»Feet cinnamon colour. Young, supposed
. The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories . w of small coverts. Tail feathersbrown, edged with light greyish-olive. Sides of the breast thickly streakedwith black dots. The lower parts white, tinged with light dusky, the claws darker. Second quill longest. Bill along the ridge ^ inch, along the gap f; from bill to pinion 1-|; to endof wing 5 inches, to end of claws 6|-, to end of tail 7; alar extent 10TV; wingfrom flexure 3T7g-; tarsus ^; middle toe ^-*, its claw i; hind toe %-*, its claw §»Feet cinnamon colour. Young, supposed to be a Female. The general appearance is the same as the above, as well as the colouring,except that the upper part of the head is covered with black feathers, eachedged with yellowish-brown, as well as the sides of the head. A streak ofblack descends from the base of the lower mandible, and the upper parts ofthe breast and sides are thickly streaked with deep brownish-rufous; lowerparts as in the adult; measurements the same. The adult female exactly asin the male. N?.97. \ 1 ■ .Oh. Fruited &ui?i>rJTSnrai Phtfa. 333 FAMILY XX.*—VIREONIN^E. I-t—VIREO, VielL GREENLET. BELLS VIREO OR GREENLET. Vireo Bellii, CCCCLXXXV.—Adult Male. On the same day that Harris Finch was procured, Mr. J. G. Bell, who,as I have already said, accompanied me in my journey to the Yellow Stoneriver, &c, shot one of the species which I am now about to describe, andwhich I have named, it being also a new and hitherto undescribed species,with great pleasure, after Mr. Bell; the more especially as Mr. Bell ishimself a person who possesses a good general knowledge of our birds, andwas an excellent companion in our not unperilous rambles. This species, like other Vireos of the smaller class, is usually found in thebottom lands along the shores of the Upper Missouri river, from the neigh-bourhood of the Black Snake Hills as far as we went up that river; findingit
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