192 BIRDS OF BERMUDA. 
the bird having lodged at the top of a very ugly-looking tree, I tore my 
hands and clothes to pieces in my anxiety to secure the supposed 
prize. But in spite of this I have a great regard for the cheerful, rest- 
less little fellows, whose presence does so much to relieve the monotony 
of the everlasting cedars. They are very dexterous in catching insects 
among the foliage, their manner of feeding seeming to be intermediate 
between that of a Flycatcher and a Warbler. You can hear the “snip” - 
of their mandibles as they secure their prey for a considerable distance. 
_ I have seen one catching flies off the back of a cow, jumping vigorously 
at them from the ground, and “snipping” them off neatly as they buzzed 
round the recumbent animal. Mr. Hurdis says (Nat. in B., p. 71): “‘In 
September it delights to feed on the small white berries of the sweet- 
scented Tournefortia, and it is aiso sond of the small fiery capsicam, 
known by the name of ‘bird-pepper,’ the pods of which it plucks and 
swallows entire.” It is on record that the newly-fledged young of this 
species have been found entangled in the meshes of the web of the 
“silk” spider Epéira clavipes. These webs are of great size and 
strength, extending for many feet between adjoining cedars, and the 
number of them among the woods in summer and autumn is almost in- 
credible. In all my rambles, however, I never met with an instance of 
poor little Vireo having walked into Epéira’s parlor. 
Genus VIREOSYLVIA, Bonap. 
37. Vireosylvia olivacea, (Linn.), Bp. Red-eyed Vireo. 
Muscicapa olivacea, Linn., Wils. 
Lanius olivaceus, Licht. 
Vireo olivaceus, Vieil., Bp., Sw., Aud., Bd. 
Vireosylvia olivacea, Bp., Reinh., Scl., and late writers. 
Vireo virescens, Vieil., Gray. 
Vireo bogotensis, Bryant, Lawr. 
Length, 6.33; wing, ¢, 3.33; tail, 2.50. 
Hab.—Whole of Eastern North America, west to base of Rocky 
ountains, south to Panama and Bogota; very rare in Cuba, only | 
West Indian locality ; accidental in England; Trinidad. (B. B. & R.) 
The first recorded specimen was brought to me in the flesh on the 
14th October, 1874. It had just been captured in the officers’ quarters 
at Prospect Camp. In March, 1875, I identified three specimens in Mr. 
Bartram’s collection, shot by himself at different times near Stocks 
Point. Mr. Bartram informs me that he shot one on the 13th October, 
1878. 
