VIREO. 475 



Young : Above plain olive-gray, becoming more oliva- 

 ceous posteriorly; middle and greater wing-coverts 

 broadly tipped with pale buff * tertials broadly edged 

 with yellowish white, secondaries narrowly edged with 

 olive-yellowish, and primaries with pale grayish or 

 grayish white ; lower parts white, passing into very 

 pale buffy yellow on flanks and under tail-coverts; 

 head-markings as in adult, but supraloral streak white, 

 passing into pale yellowish over eye, and lores dull 

 grayish.) 



g 1 . Smaller and brighter colored, the supraloral streak, 

 etc., deeper yellow, the sides and -flanks bright 

 sulphur-yellow ; length 4.50-5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, 

 tail 1.90-2.10, culmen (from base) .55-.5S, bill from 

 nostril .27-.30, tarsus .72-.7S. Nest in bushes, in 

 thickets -or along borders of woods or swamps. 

 Eggs .75 X -55. Hab. Eastern United States, 

 west to Rocky Mountains ; south, in winter, 

 through eastern Mexico to Guatemala; resident 

 in Bermudas.. 631. V. noveboracensis (GMEL.). 



White-eyed Vireo. 



g*. Larger and duller colored, the yellow everywhere 

 paler, that on sides and flanks sometimes a 

 mere tinge of pale sulphur-yellow ; length about 

 5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, tail -2.10-2.20, culmen (from 

 base) .60-.65, bill from nostril .32-.3S, tarsus 

 .78-.S2. Hab. Key West, Florida. 



. V. noveboracensis maynardi BREWST. 



Key West Vireo. 1 



Wings dull dusky grayish, the middle and greater coverts 

 narrowly and not very sharply tipped with dull white. 

 Top of head and hind-neck dull brownish gray, gradually 

 changing to grayish olive-green on back, scapulars, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts ; a rather indistinct loral 

 streak and interrupted orbital ring, dull white ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts light brownish gray, fading gradually 

 into dull white or buffy white of throat ; median lower 

 parts white, the breast usually faintly tinged with 

 sulphur-yellow; sides and flanks sulphur-yellow, 

 tinged with olive ; under tail-coverts and under wing- 

 coverts clear pale sulphur-yellow ; length 4.20-5.25, 

 wing 2.05-2.30 (2.18), tail 1.80-1.95 (1.88), bill from 

 nostril .28-.30 (.29), tarsus .70-.75 (.72). Nest in 



1 Vireo noveboracenais maynardi BREWST., MS. 



