298 BIRDS — VIEEONID^. 



FAMILY VIREONIDJE. THE VIREOS. 



Primaries ten, the first less than half the second, or rudimentary and displaced, con- 

 coaled on the outer side of second. Basal joint of middle toe shorter than that of inner 

 toe, and wholly adherent to both inner and outer toes. Tarsus longer than middle toe 

 and claw. Gonys more than half the length of the lower jaw. Bill stout, high, com- 

 pressed ; notched and abruptly hooked at tip. 



Genus VIEEO. Vieillot. 

 Wings pointed or rounded ; longer than the even or rounded tail. 



The following is compiled from Dr. Coues' 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES. 



* Primaries apparently only 9, the first being rudimentary or displaced (occasionally 

 quite visible). 



t Throat and breast yellow, abdomen white. - V. flavifrons. 



1 1 No definite yellow below. 



a Sides of crown with black streaks. V. olivacrus. 



a a No black on crown. - V. PHiLADRLPHicns. 



* * Primaries 10, the first short and "spurious." 



t Wing bars wanting. V. gilvus. 



i t Wing-bais present. 



h Length over five inches. - - V. solitarius. 



i ifiLength under five inches. V. novebokacensis. 



ViREO OLIVACEDS (L.) V. 

 Xled-eyed "Vireo. 

 Vireo oUvaceus, Kirtland, Ohio Geolog. Snrv., 1838, 163. — Read, Proc. Phila. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci., vi, I893, Sys.— Baird, P. R R Rep., ix, 18S8, 3.!2.— Wheaton, Ohio Agrio. Rep. 

 for 18fi0, 364 ; Reprint, 1861, 6; Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Rep. for 1874, 565; 

 Reprint, 1875, 5. — Langdon, Cat. Birds of Gin., 1877, 7. 

 VireosyJvia oUvaceus, Langdon, Revised List, Journ. Gin. Soo. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 173 ; 



Reprint, 7. 

 Red-eyed Vireo, Ballou, Field and Forest, ill, 1878, 136. 



MusHcapa oVwacea, Linnjsus, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 327. 



Vireo oUvaceus, "Vieillot," Bonaparte, Ann, Lye. N. Y., ii, 1826, 71. 



Vireosi/lvia olivacea, Bonaparte, Con. Av., 1850, 329. 



Vireosyloia oUvaceus, Baird, Brbwkr and Ridgway, N. A. Birds, i, 1874, 363. 



Above olive green ; crown ash, edged on each side with a blackish line, belovs this a 

 white superciliary line, below this again a dusky stripe through the eye ; under parts 

 white, faintly shaded with olive along sides, and tinged with olive on under wing and 

 tail coverts ; wings and tail dusky, edged with olive outside, with whitish inside; bill 

 dusky, pale below ; feet leaden-olive; eyes red ; no spurious quill. Large, 5i-li; wing, 

 3J-aj ; tail 24-9i ; bill, about | ; tarsus, f. 



Habitat, chiefly Eastern North America to Hudson's Bay ; Greenland ; west to Rocky 

 Mountains, and even beyond ; Washington Territory ; Utah ; south to New Granada 

 and Trinidad. Cuba. Accidental in England. 



