_Vireosylvia_, BON. Geog. Comp. List, 1838. (Type, _Muscicapa
olivacea_, LIN.)
_Phyllomanes_, CAB. Arch. 1847, I, 321. (No type mentioned; name
proposed as substitute for _Vireosylvia_.)
[Line drawing: _Vireo olivaceus._
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GEN. CHAR. Wings long and pointed, one third or one fourth longer than
the nearly even or slightly rounded tail. First quill very small (less
than one third the second), sometimes apparently wanting. Second quill
longer than the seventh, much longer than the secondaries. Tarsi short
(scarcely exceeding .70 of an inch); toes rather long. Body slender
and elongated. Bill slender, narrow, straight; the culmen straight for
its basal half, the commissure quite straight; light horn-color, paler
beneath. Feet weak. Type, _V. olivaceus_.
Species and Varieties.
COMMON CHARACTERS. All species olive above, white or yellowish
beneath. An ashy or brownish cap, contrasting more or less
abruptly with the olive back. A whitish superciliary stripe
extending to the nape, and a dusky one to and behind the eye. No
light bands on the coverts. Inside of wings (flanks sometimes)
and crissum yellowish, otherwise usually white beneath.
No spurious primary … _Series I_.
A spurious primary … _Series II_.
_Series I._ (_No spurious primary._)
A. A dusky “mustache” or cheek stripe along each side of the
throat.