BIRDS — ^LANIIDAE — VIREO OLIVACEUS. 



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Comparative measurements of the species. 



VIREO OLIVACEUS, Vie ill. 



Red-eyed Flycatcher. 



Muscicapa oliracea, Linn. Sjsl. Nat. I, 176G, 327.— Gh. 1, 1788, 938.— AVilson, Am. Orii. II, 1810, 55 ; pi. xii, f. 3. 



Lanivs olivaceus, LiciiT. Verzeicli. 1823, 49, No. 525. 



Vireo olivaceus, " Vieillot," Bon. Obs. Wilson, 1826 No. 124.— Sw. F. B, A. II, 1831, 233.— Ndttall, Man. I, 



1832, 312.— AuD. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 287 : V, 430 ; pi. 150 —Ib. Syn. 1839, 162.— 1b. Birds Amer. 



IV, 1842, 155 ; pi. 243. 

 Vireosylvia olivacea, Bon. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838. — Ib. Consp. 1850, 329. — Reinhardt, Vid. Med. f. 1853, 



1854, 82. 

 Phijllomanes olivaceus, Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850- '51, 63. 

 Red-eye Jtycatcher, Pennant, Cateset, Latham. 



Sr. Ch. — Second and third quills about equal, and longest ; first a little shorter than the fourth, but considerably longer than 

 the fifth. Back, rump, and edges of wing and tail feathers, bright olivaceous green. Side of head and neck paler. Crown 

 dark ash, sharply defined. A well defined whitish line from the bill over the eye, nearly to the occiput ; a dark line separating 

 it above from the ashy crown. A dusky line through the eye. Beneath white ; under tail coverts pale sulphur yellow. Length, 

 about 6.50 inches ; wing, 3.50. Iris red. 



Ha6.— Eastern United States to the Missouri ; in Texas to Devil's river ; south to Guatemala. Greenland, (Reinhardt.) 



This is among the largest of the North American Vireos, and is of very plain colors. The hill 

 is long and nearly straight to the ahruptly curved tip. There is no spurious primary ; the second 



