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tlie bird having lodged at the top of a very ugly-looking tree, I tore my 

 hands and clothes to pieces in my anxiety to secure the supposed 

 prize. But in spite of this I have a great regard for the cheerful, rest- 

 less little fellows, whose presence does so much to relieve the monotony 

 of the everlasting cedars. They are very dexterous In catching insects 

 among the foliage, their manner of feeding seeming to be intermediate 

 between that of a Flycatcher and a Warbler. You can hear the "snip" 

 of their mandibles as they secure their prey for a considerable distance. 

 I have seen one catching flies off the back of a cow, jumping vigorously 

 at them from the ground, and " snipping " them olfneatly as they buzzed 

 round the recumbent animal. Mr. Hurdis says (Nat. in B., p. 71) : " In 

 September it delights to feed on the small white berries of the sweet- 

 sceuted Tournefortia, and it is also fond of the small fiery capsicum, 

 known by the name of ' bird-pepper,' the pods of which it plucks and 

 swallows entire." It is on record that the newly-fledged young of this 

 species have been found entangled in the meshes of the web of the 

 " silk " spider Epeira clavipes. These webs are of great size and 

 strength, extending for many feet between adjoining cedars, and the 

 number of them among the woods in summer and autumn is almost in- 

 credible. In all my rambles, however, I never met with an instance of 

 poor little Vireo having walked into JEpeira's parlor. 



Genus VIREOSYLVIA, Bonap. 



37. Vireosylvia olivacea, (Linn.), Bp. Red-eyed Vireo. 



Mmcicapa olivacea, Linn., Wila. 



Laniu8 oUvaceus, Liclit. 



Vireo oUvaceus, Vieil., Bp., Sw., Aud., Bd. 



Virtosylvia olivacea, Bp., Eeinh., Scl., and late writers. 



Vireo rirtscens, Vieil., Gr.ay. 



Virm bogotensis, Bryant, Lawr. 



Length, G.33; wing, S , 3.33 ; tail, 2.50. 



Uab. — Whole of Eastern North America, west to base of Rocky 

 ..fountains, south to Panama aud Bogota; very rare in Cuba, only 

 West Indian locality ; accidental in England ; Trinidad. (B. B. «& R.) 



The first recorded specimen was brought to me in the flesh on the 

 14th October, 1874. It had just been captured in the officers' quarters 

 at Pro3i»ect Camp. In March, 1875, 1 identified three specimens in Mr. 

 Bartram's collection, shot by himself at difierent times near Stocks 

 Point. Mr. Bartram informs me that he shot one on the 13th October, 

 1878. 



