. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 846 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BTaDS. [PAEIL 4'. Vireosylvla flaTifrons. Vireo flavifrons, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 85, pi. liv.—Aud, Orn. Biog. II, 1834, pi. 119.—Ib. Birds Am. IV, pi. 238.—Casbin, Pr, A. N. Sc. 185., 149.—ScLATKK. P. Z. S. 1857, 227 (Vera Cruz); I860, 257 (Orizaba).—Sclatek & Salvin, Ibis, I, 1859, 12 (Guatemala). —Cab. .Jour. 111,468 (Cuba; winter).—Gundlach, Cab. Jour. ISlil 324 (Cuba; rare).—Cab. Jour. 1860, 405 (Costa Rica).—Fireo (Luntvireo) ftav. Bairo, Birds N. Am. 1
. Review of American birds in the Museum of the Smithsonian Instution. [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 846 REVIEW OF AMERICAN BTaDS. [PAEIL 4'. Vireosylvla flaTifrons. Vireo flavifrons, Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 85, pi. liv.—Aud, Orn. Biog. II, 1834, pi. 119.—Ib. Birds Am. IV, pi. 238.—Casbin, Pr, A. N. Sc. 185., 149.—ScLATKK. P. Z. S. 1857, 227 (Vera Cruz); I860, 257 (Orizaba).—Sclatek & Salvin, Ibis, I, 1859, 12 (Guatemala). —Cab. .Jour. 111,468 (Cuba; winter).—Gundlach, Cab. Jour. ISlil 324 (Cuba; rare).—Cab. Jour. 1860, 405 (Costa Rica).—Fireo (Luntvireo) ftav. Bairo, Birds N. Am. 1858, 341. Muscicapa sylvicola, Wils. Am. Orn. II, 1810, 117, pi. vii, f. 3. Hah. Eastern United States, south to Costa Rica. Very rare in Cuba. (No. 28,390.) Head and neck above and on sides, with interscapular region, bright olive green. Lower back, rump, tail, aud wing coverts ashy. Wings brown, with two white bands yf __^^ across the coverts, the outer edges of inner secondaries, and inner edges of all the quills, with inside of wing white. Outer primaries edged with »21T gray, the inner witli olive. Tail feathers brown, entirely encircled by a narrow edge of white. Under parts to middle of body, a line from npstrils over eye, eyelids and patch beneath the eye (bordered behind by the olive of neck) bright gamboge yellow ; rest of under parts white, the flanks faintly glossed with ashy. Lores dusky. Bill and legs plumbeous black. No spurious primary evident; 2d quill longest; 1st a little shorter than 3d. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; difference of longest and inuermost quills, .90 ; tarsus, .73. Autumnal birds, perhaps more especially the young, are more glossed with olivaceous, which invades the ashy portions, aud tinges the white. ' jv. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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