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Bangs and Bradlee, Birds of Bermuda. 



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Vireo bermudianus Bangs 6^ Bradlee, sp. no v. 



Bermuda White-eyed Vireo ; " Chick-of-the-village " ; 

 " Chick-choo-willio." 



Zy/e, from Hamilton, Bermuda, $ adult. No. 39131, Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology. Collected Jan. 30, 1901, by T. S. Bradlee. 



Characters- — In general similar to V. tioveboraccnsis (Gmel.). Wing 

 much shorter (the wing of. V. noveboracensis often reaching 65 mm. in 

 length); tarsus longer ; general coloration much grayer, less yellow and 

 olivaceous. The color varies much individually ; in extreme examples 

 the whole upper parts are olive gray, only slightly shaded with olive green 

 on rump and sides of interscapulium ; the supra-loral region pale grayish 

 3'ellow ; wings and tail edged with olive gray ; lower surface dull grayish 

 white, sides and flanks olive gray faintly tinged with dull olive green ; 

 wing-bands pure white. The other extreme approaches more nearly to V. 

 7ioveboracensis except that the back and head are always much more suf- 

 fused with olive gray, and the sides and flanks always dull olive green, 

 not sulphur-yellow. The usual style of coloration is about halfway 

 between these extreme examples. 



Aleasurements. 



The ten specimens were all taken at Hamilton, in November, 

 December, January, February and March. Though it varies much 

 in color, the Bermuda Vireo can always be told from V. nove- 

 boracensis by its shorter wing and longer tarsus. The colors also, 

 though they sometimes approach those of noveboracensis^ are never 

 the same, the Bermuda bird always having more gray in the back 



