. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. SYNONYMY OF VIEEO GILVUS 501 and like the Flycatcher and birds of prey, regurgitated indi- gestible portions of his food, as the skins and seeds of berries, and the legs and wings of insects. He folded his head under his wing to sleep, and rested soundly, unlike his fellow pris- oner, who was never caught asleep for the period of eight months during which he was under observation. But the little Greenlet came to an untimely end, after the custom of pet birds ; and a lock of hair


. Birds of the Colorado valley ... scientific and popular information concerning North American ornithology;. Birds. SYNONYMY OF VIEEO GILVUS 501 and like the Flycatcher and birds of prey, regurgitated indi- gestible portions of his food, as the skins and seeds of berries, and the legs and wings of insects. He folded his head under his wing to sleep, and rested soundly, unlike his fellow pris- oner, who was never caught asleep for the period of eight months during which he was under observation. But the little Greenlet came to an untimely end, after the custom of pet birds ; and a lock of hair found in his stomach was supposed to have been the cause of his death. Weistern 'Warbling Greenlet Tireo gilrns svrainsoni a. ffUvits Musclcapa gllva, V. " OAS. i. 1807,65, pi. 34 ".—Steph. Gen. ZooL x. 1817,387. Sylvia gllva, Y. ST. D. d'H. N. xi. 1817,190.—F. Enoy. M6tli. iL 1823,453, n. 116. Tlreo gUvus, Bp. Jonrn. Phila. Acad. iv. 1S24,116.—Sp. Ann. Lyo. N. Y. ii 1886,70 Nutt. Man. i. 1832,309.—Aud. OB. ii. 1834,114, pi. 118.—£p. CGL. 1838. i6.—Avd. Syn. 1839, 161.—Aud. 1842, 149, pi. 241.—Oiraud, ELI. 1844, 161.—Bp. CA. i. 1850, 330.— Hoy, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853,309. -Bead, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1853,398.—Wbodft. Eep. Znni & Col. K. 1853, W.—Thomps. Vtrmoat, 1853, App. W.—Kennie. Tr. niinois Agric. Soc. i. 1855, 5SZ.—Prattm, ibid. 003.—Pu««. Pr. Ess. Inst. i. 1856, il3.—Sd. PZS. 1858, 302 (Oaxaoa) Sd. BiSTA. 1858,33i.—Willis, Smiths. Eep. for IS.'iS, 1859, Ohio Agrio. Eep. for 1860,1861,364.—Bom. Smiths. Eep. for 18C0,1861, 436.—Ooms cC- Prent Smiths. Eep. for 1861,18G2, 410 —Blakist. Ibis, 1862,5; 1863,66 (Saskatchewan).—Ferr. Pr. Ess. Inst. iii. 1862,148.—Fcrr. Pr. Boat. Soc. ix. 1863, 234 (Maine).—Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst. iv. 1864,61.—Hay, Smiths. Eep. for 1864 186S, 437 (Missouri).-Dress. Ibis, 1865, 480 (Texas).-Jlfcl!«)r. Pr. Ess. Inst. v. 1866, SI—Butch. Pr. Phila. Acad. 1868, 149 (Texas)


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