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was attaclied with spi.lers'-wobs, line.l iii.siile willi finor l.lades of gniss ami 

 about three inehes and a half in diameter, an.l five in hei-ht. The o<m.s 

 throe in number, were white, with a few black spots, chieflv disposed about 



the larger end 



Vireosylvia olivaceus, Bonap. 



BES-&TED GBEENLET. 



Mvsck;,pa olivu.-e^, L,nn. Syst. XmI. I, 17(iG, :i27 (I.i.s.mI on Ei.waim.s, tnl>. 2.-.;i, andCArKs- 

 liV, |>1. liv). — Wii.s. Ln.iiis ulicacuiH, Ll.ilT. Viiz. ISiiS, 4<) (N. A.nci-.K I'mo olh;,- 

 .r«.v, ViKii,,,. ; Bon. ; Swains. II. - All.. - lUni.,, IJir.ls N. Am. 18:^8, 331. - Sam- 

 ri;i,s, Birds N. Kn^-. 270. nmsiih-l,, olio. Box. (Jcog. Comi.. I^i.st, 1838. —In. t'oii.s].. 

 1850, 329. -UKiNiiAlil.T, Vid. M..d. r. 1853, 1854, 82 ((irecuhuid). - In. Ibis, III, 7. 

 — ScLATKR, I'. Z. S. 1855, 151 (Bos.ita) ; lS5i», 137, 3(i3 (XalaiPiO. -^ A. & K. Nkwtox, 

 Ibis, 1859, 145. — ScLATK I! & SA1.VIN, Ibi.s, 1859, 12 ((limt.-nuila). - Lawiuonck, Aim. 

 N. Y. Lyo. VII, 18(iO, 24ti (Cuba).- t Ibi.s, 1804, 394 (Dfiby, Kn-l. Jlav, 1859). - Baiku, 

 Rov. Am. B. 1804, 333. J'/n,/lom,ni<Kii!lr. Cad. Mils. Hciii. 1850 51, 63. — lu. Jour. 

 18(i0, 404 fCo,sta Kica). — (iiNl.L. t'ab. Jour. ISlil, 324 (Cuba; very rare), t rircu 

 vircscem, Yiv.iu.. Ois. Am. Sept. I, 1807, 84, y\. liii iPcnua.). -? Uiiav, Genmi, I, 

 2()7, 1)1. Ixv. Vino hoijulcnxis, Biiyant, i'r. Bo.st. Sue. VII, 18C0, 227 (Bogota). — 

 Lawuknck, Ann. N. Y. Lye. 1803 (Birds I'anama, IV, Xo. 378). 



Si'. CiiAH. (Xo. 1,418 $, CailisI,., P,Min., May, 1844.) Uppor parts olivo-<rrwn. Top 

 of head, Irorii bill to nape, lusli-color. A wliito line from nostrils aljove and beyond the 

 eye, bordered above by a dusky lino forming the edge of the ashy cap, and bJlow by a 

 similar, perhaps paler, loral and post-ocular cheek-stripe. Heneatli, 'iMchiding tibia-, white, 

 with perhaps a tinge of olivaceous-ash across the breast; the sides of the ueek like the 



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Virea olivaceus. 



back; sides of the body with a faint wasji of olive. Axillars and crissuin faintly tinged 

 with sulphur-yellow; lining of wings and its edge, the lalter especially, nearlv wldte. 

 guills blacki.sh-brown, edged c.Mernally, except at ends ol' primaries, with" olive, iiiternally 

 with wliite. Tail-feathers lightci- brown, (Mlged exlernally like the back, internally Avith 

 pale olivaecous-white. l?ill dusky abov, pale below ; tarsi plumbeous ; iris red. Length, 

 0.33; extent of wings, 10.2."); wing, 3.3.! ; tail, '_'.">(). 



Female similar, but duller in phima,i;e. 



ILvn. Whole of Eastern .\orth America (Greenland. Halifax, Fort Simp,«oii), west to 

 hase of Rocky irounlains, rea.'bing Fort Hridger, and still lartluM' northward to Bitterroot 

 Mountains and Ivootenay ; south to Fanama and Bogota, in winter (Xalapa only in Afex- 

 ico) ; very rare in Cuba (only West In.lian locality). Accidental in England. " Trinidad. 



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