BIRDS—LANIIDAE—VIREO OLIVACEUS. 331 
Comparative measurements of the species. 
Catal. Species. Locality. Sex. Length. Stretch Wing.| Tail. Tarsus. Middle |Itselaw| Bill | Along | Specimen 
No. | ofwings. toe. | alone. | above, | gape. | measured. 
—_ | 
1418 | Vireo olivaceus.........-| Carlisle, Pa........+- fof 5.52 ecetoaee 3.28 | 2.46 0.73 0.66 | 0.18 0.54| 0.80 | Dry....... 
douse |. Was 6 253))| TOLOS HRS *BB je... i dltiajen cteicl| =~ ve veeeleseeeeee! svdenses|occceeee | hcesiiceee 
1440 \. 5.22 |,..-s00-| 3.04 | 2.98 | 0.68] 0.60] 0.18] 048] 0.70] Dry.. 
do.. | GAO} | ONTSNIRZEICE |rawcicre lc vetsiese|/saesies'ed |oreeiese eee atees|tesctesas | Fresh .... 
3976 5.90 |veeseeee) 3-12 | 2.66 0.70 0.56 0.16 0.58 0.78 | 
(tase eboaaped 575) || 79).75 [03.25 ) |i eae leewiieees| sees sell eewnpest faeciasea| Reena 
8050 5.50 |soe0s-e- 2. J 
5.20 | | 3.3 Mounted.. 
4333 | Vireo philadelphicus A PETAL oes sae | td DrVirisiesere 
988 Vireo gilvus..... efabyeleveste | 5.04 | ...000e 2. Dryvescas 
do... 5.33 | 8.91 | 2. Prishvccsta 
1017 4.80 | csncese| 2s Dryceccedls 
do 5.33 | 8.83 | 2. Fresh. eves 
5521 43645 eae siaae cee, Dry. secece 
ovr Pocteniersts= 25 | 6.08 | 2 Fresh..... 
1926 30 |....000+| 2 Dry..ccece 
8197 26 ealeleissieiili2s Dry..ceee 
COB Radoooed 7 |2 ..| Fresh.. 
Dryewateets 
| Fresh... 
8187 |esssessdOseeeescrenesenee| 
(1M scllesgdaded' epeboaga oco00 
6818 | Vireo atricapillus. 
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| Dry.seeees 
Fresh..... 
12 
Ce a ee 
189 coho es 
Ss 
. G64 Kaoocond oa psabecos boo 75 | 2. 
3725 | Vireo huttoni ...... sesee.| California .....ssseceleceees| E70) saree lps : 
. 10229 | Vireo cassinii............| Fort Tejon, Cal......|-seee. | 78 So 2. Dryeeeeess 
10193 | Vireo noveboracensis.....| Union county, Ill.... .++0+.} El eonsonnel ee Dry.seesee 
929 | Vireo solitarius .... Carlisle, Pa-.....s0..| O | 5.00 2 | Dryseee se 
Ole feetesisiels sO Oviecisinciwanlsice sie|llesie sere «| 5.41 2. Fresh..... 
300 | coceae | 5.30 |..seee. | 2. 
do.. 5.41 9.00 |.. 
2591 Hectoerte 4.80. | 006 3 
do.. | ecccerAQseccesccccceee ee 5.83 9.75 ocene|-coevcerleons cone 
PAU sa aeieissd0e esses since) ovs[saesneO.aescncessieess|) © | (4.89) ecncene | | | 0.64) 0.18) 0.48 
0. |oeseeesdOrseesscrcceceres|e coseUOrsccserescece[esseee| 5e33 | 9.50 | 3.16 ]osseee)eseececelecsscrcsleceneeesleeeecses|soeeeeee| Freslivees 
VIREO OLIVACEUS, Vieill. 
Red-eyed Flycatcher. 
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d Muscicapa olivacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 327.—Gm. I, 1788, 938.—Witson, Am. Orn. IT, 1810, 55; pl. xii, f. 3. 
{ Lanius olivaceus, Licut. Verzeich. 1823, 49, No. 525. - 
; Vireo olivaceus, ** Vier.LotT,’’? Bon. Obs. Wilson, 1826, No. 124.—Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 233—Novrrat, Man. I, 
1832, 312.—Auvp. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 287: V, 430; pl. 150 —In. Syn. 1839, 162.—Is. Birds Amer. 
IV, 1842, 155; pl. 243. 
Vireosylvia olivacea, Bon. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838.—Is. Consp. 1850, 323.—Rernuarpt, Vid. Med. f. 1853, 
1854, 82. 
a Phyllomanes olivaceus, Can. Mus. Hein. 1850-’51, 63. 
; Red-eye flycatcher, Pennant, Catessy, LatHam. 
Sr. Cu.—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. 
Hab.—Kastern 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 bill 
is long and nearly straight to the abruptly curved tip. There is no spurious primary ; the second 
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