A Synopsis of the Birds of North AmericaAudubon, John James
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A Synopsis of the Birds of North America
Audubon, John James
Birds -- Classification; Birds -- North America
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, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 302.
Yellow-throated Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, Aud.
Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 119; 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.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 8-1/2.
From Texas to Nova Scotia, rather abundant. Rare in the interior.
Columbia River. Migratory.
Solitary Flycatcher, Muscicapa solitaria, 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, Aud. Orn.
Biog. v. i. p. 147; v. v. p. 432.
240. 3. Vireo Noveboracensis, Gmel. White-eyed Greenlet.
Plate LXIII. Male.
Upper parts light green, inclining to olivaceous, forehead tinged with
yellow; lower parts greyish-white, the sides yellow; eyelids and a
band from the bill over the eye yellow; quills and coverts brown; two
bands of yellowish-white on the wing formed by the tips of the
secondary coverts, and first row of small coverts; primaries narrowly
margined with yellowish-green, secondaries broadly with white;
tail-feathers brown, without white edgings; iris white.
_Male_, 5, 7.
Throughout the United States and Nova Scotia. Columbia River.
Migratory, but great numbers spend the winter in the Southern States.
White-eyed Flycatcher, Muscicapa cantatrix, Wils. Amer. Orn.
v. ii. p. 266.
Vireo noveboracensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 70.
White-eyed Vireo or Flycatcher, Vireo noveboracensis, Nutt.
Man. v. i. p. 806.
White-eyed Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo noveboracensis, Aud.
Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 328; v. v. p. 431, 433.
241. 4. Vireo gilvus, Vieill. Warbling Greenlet.
Plate CXVIII. Male and Female.
Upper parts light greenish-olive, the head and hind neck
greyish-brown; a white band over the eye; wings and tail brown, quills
edged with green; lower parts dull yellowish-white, the sides tinged
with yellow.
_Male_, 5-1/4, 8-1/2.
From Texas to Maine, and in the interior to Columbia River. Abundant.
Migratory.
Warbling Flycatcher, Muscicapa melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v.
p. 85.
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