124 KEW-YORK FAUNA BIRDS. 



THE RED-EYED GREENLET. 



VlREO OLIVACEUS. 

 PLATE 36. FIG. 79. — PLATE 34. FIG. 75 (Variety). 

 (STATE COLLECTION.) * 



Muscicapa olivacea, Linnscs. Red-eyed Flycatcher, Pennant, Arct. Zool. Vol. 2, p. 387. 



Sylvia olivacea. Wilson, Am.Orn. Vol.2, p. 55, pi. 12, fig. 2. 



M. olivacea. Vieillot, Ois. de l'Am. pi. 38 ; Sylvia altiloqua, Noav. Diet. 



Virco olivaceut. Bonaparte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. Vol. 2, p. 71. Aububon, fol. pi. 150 ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 2, p. 287, 



and Vol. 5, p. 430. 

 Red-eyed Greenlct. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 233. Nuttaix, Vol. 1, p. 312, figure. Audubon, B. of A. 



Vol. 4, p. 155, pi. 242. Vireosylvia id. Bonaparte, List. 

 Red-eyed Grccnlet. Giraud, Birds of Long island, p. 157. ~ 



Characteristics. Olive green. Crown ash, with a dark marginal line ; line over the eye, 

 and all beneath whitish. Irides red. First quill loDger than the fifth. 

 Length, 5 1 inches. 



Description. Bill long and robust, abruptly bent at the tip, distinctly notched. Wings 

 long ; second and third quills longest. Tail nearly even or slightly emarginate, extending 

 half an inch beyond the tips of the closed wings. 



Color. Light olive green above ; the head ash-color, with a blackish line on each side : 

 below this is a white line passing through and beyond the eye. Quills dusky white on the 

 inner vanes. Tail brownish ; the inner vanes dusky. Beneath whitish, with a yellow tinge 

 on the sides. 



Length, 5*5- 6"0. Alar extent, 9*0 -9*5. 



In the young, the deep line over the eye is not apparent, and the eye is dark hazel. I have 

 figured ( pi. 34) a remarkable variety in the Cabinet of the Lyceum, in which the whole 

 upper parts are mottled green and ash, and the lower parts ashen grey with a faint tinge of 

 greenish. 



The Red-eyed Greenlet ranges from Mexico to the 55th degree of north latitude. It win- 

 ters also in Florida. It reaches us in the latter part of April, and breeds throughout the State. 

 The eggs are white, sprinkled with brownish black points. It feeds on insects, and, later in 

 the season, on seeds and berries. A common species. Migrates south from this State in the 

 beginning of October. 



