BIRDS — LANIIDAE — VIEEO OLIVACEUS. 



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Comparative measurements of the species. 



Catal, 



JSo. 



1418 

 do.. 



1410 

 do.. 



3976 

 do.. 



80S0 



4333 



do., 

 1017 



do. 

 5521 



do. 

 1926 

 8197 



do. 

 8187 



do. 

 6818 



do. 

 3725 



do.. 



300 



do., 

 2591 



do., 

 2217 



do. 



Species. 



Vireo olivaceus, 

 .... ..do 



do 



do 



Vireo lluvoviridis 



do 



Vireo virescens 



Vireo altiloquus 



Vireo pliiladelphieus. 



Vireo gilvus 



...... ..do 



,.do 



..do 



. .do. Tar. swtaimom. 

 ..do 



Vireo belli. 

 do.. 



..do. 



do , 



do 



Vireo atricapillus. 

 do 



Vireo tauttoni 



Vireo cassinii 



Vireo noveboracensis. . 



Vireo solitarius 



do 



do 



do 



Vireo ilavifrona. 

 do 



..do. 

 ..do. 



Locality. 



Carlisle, Fa. 



do 



do , 



do 



Monterey, Mexico. 

 do c 



Guatemala 



Florida 



Daue county, Wis. 

 Carlisle, Pa 



.do.. 



......do 



do 



Petaluma, Cal. 

 do 



Fort Union 



Nemaha, K. T. 

 do 



Shawnee Mission,K.T. 

 do 



San Pedro 



do 



California 



Fort Tejon, Cal 



Union county, 111 ... . 



Carlisle, Pa 



do 



do 



do., 

 .do., 

 .do.. 



.do., 

 .do.. 



Sex. 



Length, 



5.52 

 6.33 

 5.22 

 6 00 

 5.90 

 5.75 

 5.50 

 5.20 

 4.70 

 5.04 

 5.33 

 4.80 

 5.33 

 4.64 

 5.25 

 4.30 

 4.26 

 4.87 

 4,20 

 5.00 

 4.12 

 4,75 

 4.70 

 4.78 

 4.82 

 5.00 

 5.41 

 5.30 

 5.41 



4.eo 



5.83 

 4.80 

 5.33 



Stretch 

 ofwings. 



10,25 



9,75 

 9 75 



8.91 

 8.83 

 6.08 



6,87 

 7.25 

 7.25 



9.00 

 9.00 

 9.75 

 9.50 



Wing, 



3.28 

 3.33 

 3.04 

 3.18 

 3.12 

 3.25 

 2.70 

 3.20 

 2.56 

 2.76 

 2.83 

 2.72 

 2,83 

 2.71 

 2,25 

 2.18 

 2.16 

 2.37 

 2.20 

 2.50 

 2.16 

 2.12 

 2,40 

 2.74 

 2.44 

 2,84 

 2.41 

 2,90 



3,00 

 3.16 

 3,08 

 3.16 



Tail. 



2.46 



2.28 

 2.66 



2.40 

 2 50 

 1.92 

 2.28 



2,23 

 2,40 



1,90 

 1,94 



2.00 

 1,92 



2.16 

 2.28 

 2.18 

 2.30 



2.30 



2.00 

 2.36 



Tarsus, 



0,73 



0.68 

 0.70 



0.70 

 0,70 

 0,66 

 0.70 



0,64 

 0.68 



0.74 

 0,73 



0.72 

 0.75 



0.74 

 0.74 

 0.74 

 0.70 



0.69 

 0.73 

 0.72 



Middle 

 toe. 



0.66 

 0,60 



0.56 



0.56 

 0,62 

 0.57 

 0,58 



0.53 

 0.54 



0.52 

 0,54 



0.56 

 0,56 



0.52 

 0.62 

 0.52 

 0.63 



0.62 

 0.63 

 0,64 



Its claw 

 alone. 



0.18 



0.18 

 0,16 



0,16 

 0,20 

 0,17 

 0.16 



0.16 

 0.16 



0,16 

 0.18 



0,16 

 17 



0,16 

 0.20 

 0.16 



0.18 



0.18 

 0.16 

 0.18 



Bill 

 above. 



0.54 



0,48 

 0.68 



0,50 

 0,60 

 0,38 

 0.46 



0.40 

 0.40 



0.30 

 0,40 



0.43 

 0.44 



0.40 

 0.47 

 0.47 

 0.42 



0.44 

 0,50 

 0.48 



Along 

 gape. 



0.80 

 0.70 



0.78 



0.72 

 0,87 

 0,64 

 0.68 



0.60 

 0,60 



0.55 

 0.58 



0.58 

 0.55 



0.54 

 0.58 

 0.57 

 0.59 



0.69 

 0.66 

 0.60 



Specimen 

 measured. 



Dry 



Fresh.... 



Dry 



Fresh .... 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry. 



Mounted., 



Dry 



Dry 



Fr-sh 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Dry 



Dry 



Dry 



Fresh 



Fresh 



Dry 



Fresh 



Dry 



Fresh 



VIEEO OLIVACEUS, Vieill. 



Red-eyed Flycatcher, 



Musckapa olivacea, Linw. Syst. Nat. I, 1766, 327.— Gm. 1, 1788, 938.— Wilson, Am. Orn. 11, 1810, 55 ; pi. xii, f. 3. 



Lanius olivaceus, Light. Yerzeich. 1833, 49, No. 525. 



Vireo olivaceus, " Vieillot," Bon. Obs. "Wilson, 1826, No. 124.— Sw. F. B. A. II, 1831, 233.— Ndttall, Man. I, 



1832. 312.— AuD. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 287 : V, 430 ; pi. ]50.— Ib. Syn. 1839, 162.— Ib. Birds Amer. 



IV, 1842, 155 ; pl."243. 

 Vireosylvia olivacea, Bon. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838. — Ib. Consp. 1850, 329.— Reinhardt, Vid. Med. f. 1853, 



1854, 82. 

 Phyllomanes olivaceus. Cab. Mus. Hein. 1850- '51, 63. 

 Red-eye flycatcher. Pennant, Catesbt, Latham. 



Sp. Ch.— Second and third quills about equal, and longest ; first a little shorter than the fourth, but considerably longer than 

 the fifth. -Back, rump, and edges of wing and tail feathers, bright olivaceous green. Side of liead and neck paler. Crown 

 dark ash, sharply defined. A well defined whitish line from the bill over the eye, nearly to the occiput ; a dark line separating 

 it above from the ashy crown. A dusky Ime through the eye. Beneath white ; under tail coverts pale sulphur yellow. Length, 

 about 6.50 inches ; wing, 3.50. Iris red. 



fl«6.— Eastern United States to the Missouri ; in Texas to Devil's river ; south to Guatemala. Greenland, (Reinhardt.) 



This is among the largest of the North American Vireos, and is of very plain colors. The bill 

 is long and nearly straight to the abruptly curved tip. There is no spurious primary ; the second 



