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RED-EVi;i) \'IRI',(). 



A. ( ). L'. Nil. (>24. Vireosylva oli\ac'ca (Ijiiii. ). 



Description. — .Idiilt: Crown grayisli slate. Iiordered on cither side by 

 blackisli; a wliitc line alxivc tlio eye. and a dnsky line thru the eye: remaining 

 upperparts li{;ht grayish olive-green: wings and tail dnsky with narrow olive-green 

 etlgings: below <lnll white, with a slight greenish-yellow tinge on lining of wings, 

 sides, flanks, and erissnni : first and fourth, and second and third jjriniaries alx>ut 

 e(|ual, the latter pair fonning tiie ti]) of wing: bill l>lackish at base above, thence 

 dusky or horn-color; pale below: feet leaden blue: iris red. Little difference 

 with age, sex, or season, save that young and fall birds are brighter colored. 

 Length 5.50-6.50 ( 139.7-1^)5.1 ) ; wing 3.15 (So) : tail j.io (53.51 : bill .49 ( 12.5) ; 

 tarsus .70 (18). 



RecoRnition Marks. — Warbler size ; largest : w hite superciliary line con- 

 tracting with blacki-h and slate of crown: red eye. .Vote smoother, and utterance 

 a little more ra])itl than in L. s. cassinii. 



NestiriR. — Xcst. a semi-pensile basket or pouch, of bark-strips, "hem|)," and 

 vegetable fibers, lined with jilant-down. and fastened l)y the edges to forking 

 twigs near enil of horizontal branch, live to twenty feet up. Hfigs, 3 or 4, white, 

 with black or lunber s])ecks and spots, few in number, and chiefly near larger 

 end. .\v. size. .85 x .56 (2i.6x 14.2). Season: c. June i : one bnxKl. 



General Range. — l-lastcrn North .\nierica. west to Colorado, Utah, W'ashing- 

 ton and Uritisb Columbia; north to the .\rctic regions: south in winter from 

 Florida to the e<|uator. lirceds nearly thruoiu its North .\merican range. 



Range in Washington. — Imperfectly made out. Summer resident on lK)th 

 sides of the (. accades. Either increasingly abundant or more observe<l latterly 

 (Hrook Lake. Chelan, Stehekin, Seattle, Tacoma, Kirkland breeding 1908). 



Migrations. — .V/ti/;;/; Seattle. .May 3. i<jo8. 



Authorities.— Belding, Land I'.irds of the Pacific District. i8(K5, p. if/}. 

 (Walla Walla by j. W. Williams. 1885). Ss^ 1!. 



Specimens. — C. 



\\ !•', are nil)l)ing niir eyes a little bit ami wondering whether the Red-eyed 

 \'ireo has really been here all the time, or whether he only slipped in while we 

 were nap])iiig a decade or two since. Certain it is that the bird's i)reseiice in 

 the Pacific Northwest was unknown to the pioneers. Townseiid, C<wper, 

 Siicklev, and the rest; and the first intimation we had of the occurrence of 

 this \ireo west of the Rockies was Chapman's record, published in 1890* of 

 si>eciniens taken at Ducks and .Ashcroft. B. C. The year following, viz.. 

 .August 4. 1891. a singing Red-eye was recognized by Mr. C. F. Batchelder. 



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