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622. Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianns. Eggs, .72 

 -f 1.02 to .78 + 1.08. Breeds in Florida, the Carolinas, and 

 Gulf States, west to Texas, in April and May. 



622a. White-rumped Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus excu- 

 bitorides. Eggs, size of those of No. 622. Breeds in West- 

 ern United States, jSTorthern New York, and Northern New- 

 England, in May and June. 



6226. California Shrike, Lanius ludomcianus gambeli. 

 Eggs, indistinguishable from those of No. 622, and the nests 

 and nesting habits are similar. Breeds on the coast of Cali- 

 fornia, in April. Described by Ridgway in "Manual of North 

 American Birds," 1887. 



Famly LIV.— VIREONIDJE. Vireos. 



Nests more or less purse-shaped, suspended from the fork of 

 a branch of trees or bushes. Eggs, white, spotted to a greater 

 or less extent, and quite difficult to identify. 



623. Black-whiskered Virko, Vireo altiloquus harbatulus. 

 Eggs, 2 or 3, oval, white, spotted and dotted with purplish 

 brown and black ; .53 -|- .78 to .55 -\- .88. Nests composed of 

 grass, leaves, and fragments of palm fronds, lined with rootlets. 

 Breeds in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Southern Florida, in June. 



624. Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceiis. (Type, Plate X.) 

 Eggs, 3 or 4, more rarely 2, oval, white, spotted and dotted 

 with brown and black ; .52 -f- -'8 to .65 -\- .95. Nests com- 

 posed of strips of grass and leaves or moss, lined with finer 

 material. Breeds in Eastern North America, west to the 

 Rocky Mountains, in June. 



625. Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis. Eggs, un- 

 known. Breeds in the valley of the Lower Rio Grande, Texas, 

 southward to Panama. 



626. Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo pliiladelphicus. Eggs, 3 

 or 4, similar to those of No. 624, and the nests and nesting 

 habits are similar, but the eggs are smaller ; .48 -|- .70 to .50 



