AVES. 177 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



LANIIDAE. 



327. LANIUS ludovh i wis migrans W. Palmer. 



Migrant shrike; Butcher-bird; Cricket hawk; Grasshopper 

 hawk; Joree; Mouse hawk. 



W. Palmer, Auk, 1898, vol. 15, p. 248. "Kingston, Ontario." 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 7, figs. 11, 12. 



Orchards and open tree growth; nests in trees. 



Me. — Uncommon local summer resident. (Alar. 1) Mar 24- 

 Sept. (Nov. 17). Eggs, May 5-25. 



X. H. — Uncommon summer resident in valley country; acci- 

 dental in winter. Mar. 20-Sept. (Jan. 20, Concord). Eggs, 

 April 26-May 5. 



Vt. — Uncommon local summer resident. Mar. 3— fall. Eggs, 

 April 28-May 23. 



Mass. — Rare migrant and in western part, rare summer resi- 

 dent; very rare in winter. Mar. 29-Nov. 27 (Dec. 19, Jan., Feb.). 

 Eggs, May 10 (Williamstown). 



R. I. — Rare migrant. ( ? Spring) ; Aug. 29-Sept. 2. 



Conn. — Rare migrant and winter resident (Portland, Nov. 1876; 

 Saybrook, Jan., 1879); possibly a rare summer resident (Mt. 

 Camel, May 24, 1873). Spring-(May 24); Aug. 29-winter. 



VIREONIDAE. 



328. Yireosylva olivacea (Linne) Bonaparte. 



Red-eyed Vireo; Politician; Preacher; Red-eyed greenlet. 



Muscicapa olivacea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 327. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Vireo olivacetis (Linne). DeKay, Zool. New York, 1844, vol. 

 2, p. 124, pi. 36, fig. 79. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 7, figs. 4, 5. 



Orchards and deciduous shade and forest trees; nest pensile in 

 trees or bushes. 



