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sas and Washington, D. C. This species is here a more or less 

 regular but rather uncommon winter resident. 



277 Lanius ludovicianus Linn. LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. 

 (622.) Eastern North America west to the edge of the Plains ; 

 breeds, east of the Alleghanies, as far north as Virginia, west of 

 the Alleghanies breeds northward to the Great Lakes and eastward 

 through Centra] New York to Vermont and Maine. The Logger- 

 head Shrike is found here as a very rare migrant during the 

 latter part of August and in September. It has been known to 

 breed but once, at Sing Sing, N. Y., where a fledgeling was taken 

 June 16, 1877 (Fisher, Bull. N. O. C., IV, 1879, p. 61). 



Family VIREONID^. ViREOS. 



*278. Vireo olivaceus (Linn.}. RED-EYED VIREO. (624.) 

 Eastern North America, westward to British Columbia, breeding 

 from the Gulf States to Labrador and Manitoba, and wintering in 

 Central and South America. This is one of our abundant summer 

 residents. It arrives from the south about May 8, and remains 

 until October. (See Group, Gallery, between Cases R and S.) 



279. Vireo philadelphicus (Cass.}. PHILADELPHIA VIREO. 

 (626.) Eastern North America, breeding in Manitoba, Maine, and 

 probably north to Labrador, and wintering in the tropics. With 

 us this Vireo occurs only as a very rare migrant. 



*28o. Vireo gilvus (Vieill^. WARBLING VIREO. (627.) 

 North America, breeding as far north as the Hudson Bay region 

 and wintering in the tropics. It is here a common summer resi- 

 dent of local distribution, arriving early in May. (See Group, 

 Gallery, between Cases L and M.) 



*28i. Vireo flavifrons Vieill. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 



(628.) Eastern North America, breeding from Florida to New- 

 foundland and Manitoba, and wintering in the tropics. Here a 

 common summer resident, arriving about May 7 and remaining 

 until the latter part of September. 



282. Vireo solitarius (Wils.). BLUE-HEADED VIREO. (629.) 

 Eastern North America, breeding from Connecticut (and south, 

 ward along the crests of the Alleghanies) northward to New 

 Brunswick and Manitoba, and wintering from Florida southward. 

 It is here a not uncommon migrant, passing northward during the 



