V IRE( )NrD.'I-: — THE VIREOS. 



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Ano Ijer nest fro.n West Texas, obtained by C'aptain Pope, is essen- 

 tially d, lerent ,n its general characteristics. It is three inches in diame- 

 ter, and but one incli and three quarters high. The opening is circular but 

 only one and a halt inches wi,le. Below the rim the cavity widens until 

 :s two and a halt inches in diameter. The outer nest is ma.le up o/a 

 interweaving of hne strips of bark and dry leaves, intermi.xed with and 

 hrmly bound around by strong Ha.x-like fibres of different plants. Within 

 It is lined with hue flexible grasses and steins of plants 



The ,^ of' this .species are from .73 to .70 of an inch in length, and from 

 .02 to .5b m breadth. They are pure white, sparingly spotted wih fine r 

 dots distributed around the laroer end. o J- i t^u niic len 



Vireo pusillus, Coles. 



I.EAST VIREO. 



nrcopusmu., r,H-Ks. P... A. N. Se. Phila. 1866. - n.uu. Rev. Am. R. 360. - Elliot, 

 Illu .^,,.d«^ A.I,vn.-C..o,.Ku, Om.Cal. I, 1370. Ui. > rirco helli, VooLl 

 Ti: Cal. Acad. 1S61, 122 (Fort iloliave). " ' ^"""•''' 



but nallc . IM very .s,„all ; tar... lo,>Ktl..MCMl. AVi„,,s about equal t„ the tail, wbicl. i 

 lengtheue. , grac uate, au.l with tbo IL-athcs nanow and poiatui Exposed p rt J fir 

 prmiai-y about hair that of the sec- t-u pai i, oi ursi 



end, which i.s intermediate between 

 .seventh and eighth ; the fourth and 

 fifth longe.st. 



Above gniyish-ash, with a tinge of 

 olive behind. Beneath, including the 

 in.side of the wing.s, white, with a 

 soiled tinge on the .sides of the 

 throat and across the breast. Axil- 



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Virrn pusillus. 



IrZl,?'f ;r'""""^ " '?'"' '"""^ "'■ ^-^-'-y-""^-- Ey^-li'l^ and a short line fi-om 

 the nost, s to the eye wlnt.sh ; no other stripe apparent. A dusky loral spot. Prin.arv 

 CO er,s edged n.d.stn.cly with whitish, producing an obscure band (a second on the nZ 

 do coverts hanlly appreciable). Quills and tail-feathers edged externally with pale ^ra i - 

 ohve the nutennost secondaries with whitish. Ri.l dusk; above, whitish be ea h! i . 

 phn .beous. Ir,s o( two .specin,en.s n.arke.l as ' light brown," of another as '■ rufous.'' 

 23 7«ri"4'8,)T'"*;""'V '7 ['■"'"''" -•V«--i. of color fron. No. 23,788: Length, of 

 ?; lilllel! 7 -^-h, o sk.n,4.2o; wing, 2.2:^ ; tail, 2.25; bill above, .37; 'tardus, 



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(rHowa.?"' ^'' ^"'"'' ^"^ ^''"^" ' ^''"' ^^'"''"'"' "•"' •■^'•'^°"-''' Sacramento, California 



This species scarcely needs comparison with any other, except, perhaps. 

 V pollens of Middle America, which, however, besi.les belongin-. to HrL 

 ne/fa and not ^o, as restricted, differs in many n.inor. but no less essential 

 points. The coloration of the two is remtirkably .similar, but pu^inns has 



