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, 51/4, 81/2.
From Texas to Maine, and in the interior to Columbia River. Abundant. Migratory.
Warbling Flycatcher, Muscicapa melodia, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. v. p. 85.
Vireo gilvus, Bonap. Syn. p. 70.
Warbling Vireo, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 309.
Warbling Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo gilvus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 114; v. v. p. 433.
242. 5. Vireo Bartrami, Swains. Bartram's Greenlet.
Plate CCCCXXXIV. Fig. 4. Male.
Wings of moderate length, with the second and third quills longest and about equal, the fourth scarcely shorter, the first considerably shorter than the fifth. Upper parts light yellowish-olive, the crown of the head deep grey, bordered on each side by a blackish line, below which is a band of yellowish-white from the nostril over the eye; loral space dusky; quills and tail-feathers brown, margined with greenish-yellow; lower parts greyish-white, the sides greenish-yellow.
Male, 47/8, 73/4.
From Texas to New York. Not met with in the interior. Rather rare. Migratory.