. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 358 KOlVni AMERICAN BIRDS. Lanivireo. ]Jill compressed, stout; culnieii aielied IVoiii the base, oommis- suru curved. Sujteiciliarv stii|ie stopping at posterior angle of the eye and curving under it, enelosing (lie eye in a conspicuous orbital nng, interrupted only in front. Two conspicuous wliite bands on the wing. a. No spurious primary Sp. flavifrons. b. Vi'ith an acute spurious primary .... Sp. solitai-iits, Vireo. Bill stout, scarcely compressed, sub-cylindrical. First prim
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 358 KOlVni AMERICAN BIRDS. Lanivireo. ]Jill compressed, stout; culnieii aielied IVoiii the base, oommis- suru curved. Sujteiciliarv stii|ie stopping at posterior angle of the eye and curving under it, enelosing (lie eye in a conspicuous orbital nng, interrupted only in front. Two conspicuous wliite bands on the wing. a. No spurious primary Sp. flavifrons. b. Vi'ith an acute spurious primary .... Sp. solitai-iits, Vireo. Bill stout, scarcely compressed, sub-cylindrical. First primary not spurious, or, if so, not acute. (/. Two cons])icuous light bands on wing . Sp. atricapillnn, , hutloni. h. One distinct light band on wing, and this not sharply dclincd, the anterior one being almost obsolete Sp. belli, pusiltus, vicinior. Sub(;enus VIREOSYLVIA, Bon. Vircoxtilvia, Hon. Oeog. Coiiip. List, 1838. (Type, Mnsckapa oUuacca, LiN.) riujlliimaws, V\\\. Arcli. 1847, 1, 321. (No type meiitioucd ; uaiue 'd as substitute I'ur Vircosijlviu.) CiiAR. Wings long and pointed, one third or one fourth longer than the nearly even or slightly rounded tail. First quill very snuiU (less than one third the second), some- times apparently wanting. Second quill longer than tlio seventh, much longer than the. VirfO olivareus. secondaries. Tarsi short (.scarcely exceeding .70 of an inch); toes rather long. Hody slender and elongated. Bill slender, narrow, straight; the culmen straight for its basal half, the commissure quite straight; light horn-color, paier beneath. Feet weak. Type, V. oUvaceus. Species and Varieties. CiiAHACTERS. All .species olive above, white or yellowish beneath. .An ashy or brownish cap, contrasting more or less abruptly with the olivo back. A whitish superciliary stripe extending to the na[)e, and a dusky one to ami lie- hind the eye. No light l)an(ls on the coverts. Inside of wings (Hanks some- times) and erissum yel
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